“Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.” MenLooksActionFightingPoorDangerHe ManOughtBattleCriticismFunctionStressMereCriticsDeedsSubstitutesIndispensableUsefulnessSubordinatesDoers Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.” MenWritingWarEyeSongFightingFireBloodInspireColorBattleKissingBraveDeedsSmokeThunderBrave ManCannonsPathosSmoke And Fire Book:Nadine and Other Poems Source: Nadine and Other Poems
“I wonder, what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there's a whole story with people I don't know yet and all kinds of adventures, deeds and battles. And sometimes there are storms at sea, or it takes you to strange cities and countries. All those things are somehow shut in a book. Of course you have to read it to find out. But it's already there, that's the funny thing. I just wish I knew how it could be.” PeopleKnowsKindBookCountrySometimesWholeStoriesCoursesWishCitiesWonderSeaStrangeAdventureBattlePaperHappeningsLettersDeedsStormAll KindsFunny ThingsPrintedCity And Country Author:Michael Ende
“We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds.” FrontsBattleDeterminationMereInspiredDeedsWarriorMotivatedSpheresDedicationZeal Book:Selected Speeches of Lal Bahadur Shastri: June 11, 1964 to January 10, 1966 Source: Selected Speeches of Lal Bahadur Shastri: June 11, 1964 to January 10, 1966
“Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they gave a last full measure of devotion.” LastsCausesHonorBattleDeedsDevotion Author:Abraham Lincoln
“We must make the building of a free society once more an intellectual adventure, a deed of courage. Unless we can make the philosophic foundations of a free society once more a living intellectual issue, and its implementation a task which challenges the ingenuity and imagination of our liveliest minds, the prospects of freedom are indeed dark. But if we can regain that belief in the power of ideas which was the mark of liberalism at its best, the battle is not lost.” IfsMindIdeasBeliefLostImaginationChallengesDarkIssuesBuildingAdventureBattleIntellectualTasksMarkFoundationDeedsLiberalismIngenuityFree SocietyProspectsImplementationPhilosophicPower Of Ideas Author:Friedrich August von Hayek