Attending Quote by William James

Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.

— H. P. Lovecraft

We are masters of our actions from the beginning up to the very end. But, in the case of our habits, we are only…

— Aristotle

The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.

— Stephen Covey

“Any vital, individual, social, or moral process that goes in this direction and leads to the fulfillment of the person according to his own…

— Julius Evola

Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It is the…

— John Ruskin

“This is eminently true of many happy moments in life. Freed from the demands of decision and intention, adrift on some inner sea, we…

— Muriel Barbery

“The course led them to the moment when, in answer to the highest of one's values, one's spirit makes one's body become the tribute,…

— Ayn Rand

The probity that scintillizes in the superfices of your persons informs my ratiocinating faculty, in a most stupendous manner, of the radiant virtues latent…

— Francois Rabelais

“It may be argued again that dissatisfaction with our life's endeavor springs in some degree from dulness. We require higher tasks, because we do…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“Action is being truly observant of your own thoughts, good or bad, looking into the true nature of whatever thoughts may arise, neither tracing…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving mundane help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow…

— Spencer W. Kimball

I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not…

— William Godwin