James Stephens Quotes

To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

Knowledge is potential power. It transforms itself into actual power the moment you decisively act on it.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

Knowing isn't doing; doing isn't knowing. Nothing but the knowing and the doing gets it done.

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.

Insight must precede application.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Do you know the phrase, 'The word 'water' will not wet you?' It's one thing to write down an idea and another thing entirely to execute it.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Many speeches can be heard throughout the world, but one always has to wait for deeds

My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.

Do more than believe: practice.

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.