Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes

It's easier to stop bad things than to pass good things.

I don't think I've ever tried to change anyone. I don't have the energy.

it is always easier to do nothing than to try a new line of action.

For it is easier to shout 'Stop', than to do it

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

Going back to something is harder than you think.

I´m a real believer that just doing a little something is a lot better than doing a lot of nothing.

To do peace, you must get up off your apathy.

It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer Neither is resignation Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment.

Awareness isn't passive. It directly leads to action (or inaction).

Walls don't fall without effort.

Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.

When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.

Resisting is worth doing.

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work.

Analysis can tell us what is required, but it cannot make us act.

Hope rarely enters into it. 'Tis action moves the world.

There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.

The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing.

Hope and change are hard-fought things.

Bad habits are our enemies because they hinder us from being the person we want to be.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.

There is no advance without strife.