Action

Never doubt the power of a small group of committed individuals to change the world. It is the only thing that ever has.

Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds,
everything can be changed by our minds.

You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.

Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight.

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

What is the use of merely listening to lectures?  The real thing is practice.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall find the way.

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.

If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking him if there's anything you can do. Think of something appropriate and do it.

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

While scholars are comparing and contrasting theories, debating intellectual questions, and dividing humankind into categories, the world is changed by persons with faith, spirit, emotion, compassion, intuition, and irrational thinking.

Hope has two beautiful daughters-their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

Be the change that you want to see in the world.

Good works are links that form a chain of love.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Until One is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would have come his or her way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

One starts an action simply because one must do something.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars.

The first duty of a human being is to find your real job and do it.

The first duty of a human being is to find your real job and do it.

The first duty of a human being is to find your real job and do it.

The most eminent virtue is doing simply what we have to do.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

What is faith worth if it is not translated into action?  

Compassion is not just being sentimental and feeling with someone, but seeking to change the situation.  If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action!

Take sides.  Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.  Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.