You cannot give up on the American dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction.
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.
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.
Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk.
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.
Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.