"Writers are not meant for action"

"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"

"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"

"It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can"

"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world"