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.
When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it.
Always think, 'what's the worst that can happen' and have some kind of strategy to deal with it
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
I think everybody's trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.
When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.
I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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