"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"Action conquers fear"

"The ancestor of every action is a thought"

"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied"

"The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man"

"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"

"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk"

"We cannot afford to lose any more species to extinction. It is our responsibility to protect and preserve the natural world for future generations"