Great Quotes

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed
more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to
reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with
myself, it has been a successful day.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

We cannot think first and act afterward. From
the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully
guide it by taking thought.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the
actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the
highest form of living.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of
habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate
acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and
enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with
takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible
plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

There are no gains without pains.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth,
learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific,
concrete, individualized, unique.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.

There are two kinds of people who never amount
to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do
nothing else.

It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.

Just as a flower, which seems beautiful has
color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of a man who speaks
them but does them not.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The cosmos is neither moral or immoral; only people are. He who would move the world must first move himself.

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.