The great end of life is not knowledge but action. — Thomas Henry Huxley
Action should culminate in wisdom. — Bhagavad Gita
Inaction may be the highest form of action. — Jerry Brown
There is nothing brilliant nor outstanding in my record, except perhaps this one thing: I do the things that I believe ought to be done .... And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act. — Theodore Roosevelt
So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be. — Lord Tennyson
If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job. — Malcolm Forbes
Boy, the things I do for England. — Prince Charles (on sampling snake meat)
You are no bigger than the things that annoy you. — Jerry Bundsen
It's only work if somebody makes you do it. — Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes cartoon
Employees who think they know everything are very irritating to those of us who do. — Unknown wise person
Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income. — Robert Updegraff
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. — Kenneth Kaunda
Little things affect little minds. — Benjamin Disraeli
You can and you must expect suffering. — Mother Teresa
When you're going through hell, keep going. — Albert Einstein
Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. — Epictetus
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example. — Mark Twain
Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. — Thomas Jefferson