An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
A ton of Proust isn’t worth an ounce of Ray Bradbury.
An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument.
An ounce of heart knowledge is worth a ton of head learning.
In practicing the art of parenthood, an ounce of example is worth a ton of preachment.
An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.
In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair.
An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.
If I ran the world, I would find a way to bring the wealth of human good intentions and corporate good intentions together - to activate them collectively into shared action against shared objectives that produces shared hard, tangible results.
An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.
A ton of regret never makes an ounce of difference.
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.
It's not enough to have good intentions. If you want to be a good person, you have to make good decisions all the time and live a life that's worth living and that you can be proud of, and that's what I wanted.
Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.