Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
Interpretation
Actions should follow words; it's important to back what you say with deeds.
This quote by Charles Spurgeon emphasizes the importance of action complementing intention. While it is easy to make promises or express plans verbally, true accountability and impact arise when those words are transformed into concrete actions. Being 'done' signifies commitment and reliability, reinforcing the idea that one’s credibility is largely built on what one accomplishes, not merely what one claims.
In practice
In a motivational speech, one might use this quote to remind the audience of the importance of following through on their goals.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Sometimes you have to not just dream about what could be - you get out and push and you pull and you preach. And you create a climate and environment to get those in high places, to get men and women of good will in power to act.
The better portion of all sales I have made were made after people had said 'no'.
Once in a while you can run very fast, but you cannot always go to the maximum.
Raise your ambition beyond where you're capable of now. There's nothing about my hometown that said I'd be working with Fortune 50 CEO's, Olympians, at the highest level.
I've said that if you're not doing something that you're passionate about, you're compromising yourself every single day.
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