Put that thought into action

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared. Homer

I think most of us have a thought of something we consider to be grand, great, necessary even. But we stop short at the thought because we can't find the courage within to attempt it. We let all sorts of excuses and reasons keep us from daring to attempt to put this thought into action.
One such excuse is that it isn't "grand" enough in the big scheme of things. Oh yeah, who says so? What if it changed 2 people in your world but then those two people also practiced it and their attempts changed 2 more and so on? The domino effect would happen. Forget 2 people - what about just one? Our worlds change, usually, one person at a time.
Have you been entertaining great thoughts lately? What is stopping you from nobly daring to put action into them? You have the courage within you, reach deep and touch it and see what will happen then. You really have nothing to lose but oh so much to gain.

Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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