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“Action is eloquence.”
- William Shakespeare
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
- Mother Teresa
“Civic networks emerge in the space beyond government or the market, serving citizens need for knowledge that can enable them to be more active, resourceful, creative and influential.”
- Stephen Coleman
“Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.”
- Ernest J. Gaines
“Action springs not from thought, but from readiness for responsibility.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“I honor Earth First for having the guts to do the things they do. It's not for me, but I understand why they do what they do. And, ultimately, we all help each other.”
- Brock Adams
“I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
- Helen Keller
“Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”
- Harold Sydney Geneen
“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfilled,
But it is a calamity not to dream.
It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars,
But it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
Not failure, but low aim, is a sin.”
- Benjamin Mays
“Vision without action is a daydream, action without vision is a nightmare.”
- Japanese Proverb
“Very often a 'change of self' is needed more than a 'change of scene'.”
- A. C. Benson
“When I was very young, biology, the diversity of life, was one of my main interests. I know there's this image people have that I'm this spoiled, cocky punk of an actor. Honestly, that's not who I am. I really care that so many species have been wiped out, like genocide of entire races. I believe in the divine right of all species to survive on this planet. So I decided I want to be active as an environmentalist. I learned. I asked experts. I got active.”
- Leonardo DiCaprio
“The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.”
- Henry Ward Beecher
“There is no knowledge that is not power.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The best way out is always through.”
- Robert Frost
“If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
- Matthew 15:14
“True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.”
- Albert Einstein
“Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.”
- Albert Schweitzer
“When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”
- John F. Kennedy
“The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.”
- Faye Wattleton
“To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership.”
- Minoru Mori
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”
- Edmund Burke
“Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.”
- Albert Schweitzer
“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.”
- Robert Anthony
“You know, if people are not pacifists, it's not their fault. It's because society puts them in that spot. You've got to change it. You don't just change a man - you've got to change his environment as you do it.”
- Cesar Chavez
“You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord.”
- Mildred Lisette Norman
“In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other.”
- Wangari Maathai
“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
- Nelson Mandela
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
- Albert Schweitzer