Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
-- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
--Anonymous
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
--Anonymous
Lord Clarendon in the 1850's when asked to provide help for a private company ... the British government tends to offer "all aid short of actual help."
Duke Kahanamoku when asked about his heroic rescue of 8 fisherman in terrific sea conditions .... "I do not know. It was done. That is the main thing."
And here is one that I would add to the list of gems:
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
-- George Bernard Shaw