~ 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.
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~ 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.
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~ 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.
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~ 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. ~