Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsi

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Gratitude
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The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until… we have stopped saying “It got lost,” and say “I lost it.” – Sidney J. Harris

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Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular. – Bernard M. Baruch

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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. – Colin Powell

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When there is hell to pay, it is usually cheaper to pay it than to finance an endless purgatory. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. – Booker T. Washington

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