~ Concern should drive us into action and not into depression. ~

~ All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. ~

~ Never mistake motion for action. ~

~ Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy, like heaven above. ~

~ A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing. ~

~ A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. ~

~ Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. ~

~ We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. ~

~ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. ~

~ The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept,/ Were toiling upward in the night. ~

~ No on should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke. ~

~ We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. ~

~ Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. ~

~ Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. ~

~ Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. ~