Quotes by Activists - Page 36

the stories that produced [Trump] were always contested. There were always other stories, ones that insisted that money is not what’s valuable, and that all of our fates are intertwined with one another and with the health of the natural world… while Trump is the logical culmination of the current neoliberal system, the current neoliberal system is not the only logical culmination of the human story
Naomi Klein
Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions.
Cory Doctorow
Stories are compasses and architecture, we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a story is to be lost in the vastness of a world that spreads in all directions like arctic tundra or sea ice.
Rebecca Solnit
His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back.
Arundhati Roy
This a a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.
Maya Angelou
Our receiving expands with our gratitude.
Bryant McGill
Even discomfort or pain delivers awareness of life, and an opportunity for gratitude.
Bryant McGill
Pause your opinions, debating and absolute knowing for long enough to conceive gratitude.
Bryant McGill
While the ingrates duke-it-out about the true God, you take each breath in holy gratitude.
Bryant McGill
To move forward, simply set your intentions, be grateful for what you have, be open to what is possible, and the rest will happen, as a beautiful and effortless journey of cooperation and listening.
Bryant McGill
Having contentment and gratitude in the present moment is the surest way to achieve success.
Bryant McGill
Life wants you to have gratitude for the gift of living. Treasure every second.
Bryant McGill
A purpose is more like a positive daily-grind, with gratitude and a smile.
Bryant McGill
Each moment of gratitude awareness reveals the total beauty which surrounds you.
Bryant McGill
Love is such a deep gratitude. When you are truly in love with life, every breath you take is gratitude.
Bryant McGill
I am hopeful because love overflows from my heart. Gratitude for beauty and life leads my way.
Bryant McGill
Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership.
Bryant McGill
We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
Audre Lorde
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
Maya Angelou
There is a different world on the other side of your present attitude.
Bryant McGill
The quality of your life hinges on your attitudes and offerings.
Bryant McGill
Once you find your positive vision, then share the victory of your loving attitudes with everyone.
Bryant McGill
Changing your mind and your attitude can move you into what seems like another dimension.
Bryant McGill
Never ask for permission to smile.
Sam Killermann
No one is charismatic. Someone becomes charismatic in history, socially. The question for me is once again the problem of humility. If the leader discovers that he is becoming charismatic not because of his or her qualities but because mainly he or she is being able to express the expectations of a great mass of people, then he or she is much more of a translator of the aspirations and dreams of the people, instead of being the creator of the dreams. In expressing the dreams, he or she is recreating these dreams. If he or she is humble, I think that the danger of power would diminish.
Myles Horton
People who have trouble questioning their own country often have trouble admitting fault in themselves, both of which come from insecurity and lack of humility.
Bryant McGill
In reverent pauses, when we slow down and think about the gift of life, we may briefly touch humility.
Bryant McGill
The subtle whispers, cues and nudges are there as guideposts, to gently carry the humble listener along the path back to the source and the true self.
Bryant McGill
Humility is patient because it is neither past nor forward seeking — it is content.
Bryant McGill
Surrender is not a weakness, but rather an empowering state of humility.
Bryant McGill
You don’t want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I’m here because I’ve been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I’m paying for someone else who has yet to come.
Maya Angelou
Respect and humility go together. Humility is not meekness, but the opposite of arrogance. A wise old Indian man once said, "Empty drums make the loudest noise." Grandfather often repeated this phrase to indicate that those with the least understanding are the most arrogant.
Arun Gandhi
The Church has little idea how unorthodox it is at any given moment. If a church can't yet be perfectly orthodox, it can, with the Holy Spirit's help and by the grace of God, be perpetually reformable.
Brian D. McLaren
We must never underestimate our power to be wrong when talking about God, when thinking about God, when imagining God, whether in prose or in poetry. A generous orthodoxy, in contrast to the tense, narrow, or controlling orthodoxies of so much of Christian history, doesn't take itself too seriously. It is humble. It doesn't claim too much. It admits it walks with a limp.
Brian D. McLaren
There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.
Nelson Mandela
Hurts are just alerts, to rise above through love.
Bryant McGill
Even when someone hurts you, you choose how to struggle, resist, deny and receive.
Bryant McGill
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Helen Keller
Evolve your understanding of success from the outer realm of control, materialism, and ego, to the inner realm of surrender, spirituality, and compassion.
Bryant McGill
With all respect to your religion or world-view — thank God, thank the universe, thank evolutionary processes — the keyword is "thank" — just have some gratitude and be thankful.
Bryant McGill
Hope to sin only in the service of waking up.
Alice Walker
On Virtue – When people want to describe the hideousness of a person or object, they may use the phrase ‘ugly as sin’. But the phrase should be ‘ugly as virtue’. Sin isn’t ugly. It’s highly attractive! That’s why so many people flock to it.
Marsha Hinds
Sin is the only heritage of the natural man...
James Baldwin
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Nelson Mandela
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
Muhammad Ali
Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.
Muhammad Ali
Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.
Mahatma Gandhi
You have to accept that you'll never be good enough for some people. Whether that is going to be your problem or theirs is up to you.
Bryant McGill
Taking away the good is even more lethal than pointing out the bad.
Gloria Steinem
Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.
Shane Claiborne
I told my kids I just want three words on my tombstone, if I have one. I'll probably be cremated. One is "woman." I'm very comfortable in that role. I've loved being a woman, I've loved being a mother, I've loved being a grandmother. I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Every woman was once a little girl with big dreams. Believe in yourself and never quit dreaming!
Bryant McGill
The original Hebrew word for woman, a word that is used twice to refer to the first woman, three times to refer to strong military forces, and sixteen times to refer to God, is this: Ezer...I learn this: "The word Ezer has two roots: strong and benevolent. The best translation of Ezer is: Warrior." God created woman as a Warrior.
Glennon Doyle Melton
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's sizeBut when I start to tell them,They think I'm telling lies.I say,It's in the reach of my armsThe span of my hips,The stride of my step,The curl of my lips.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.I walk into a roomJust as cool as you please,And to a man,The fellows stand orFall down on their knees.Then they swarm around me,A hive of honey bees.I say,It's the fire in my eyes,And the flash of my teeth,The swing in my waist,And the joy in my feet.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.Men themselves have wonderedWhat they see in me.They try so muchBut they can't touchMy inner mystery.When I try to show themThey say they still can't see.I say,It's in the arch of my back,The sun of my smile,The ride of my breasts,The grace of my style.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.Now you understandJust why my head's not bowed.I don't shout or jump aboutOr have to talk real loud.When you see me passingIt ought to make you proud.I say,It's in the click of my heels,The bend of my hair,the palm of my hand,The need of my care,'Cause I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.
Maya Angelou
Excellence in health means devoting your life to ending poverty.
Patch Adams
As I learned about the consequences of my food choices and as I recognized that I didn't have to eat animals, and that eating animals caused the animals to suffer, it caused an enormous footprint on our planet, and it wasn't healthy, it made since to go vegan. And, it's one of the best decisions I've ever made, and I think most people who've decided to go vegan share a similar experience. It's very empowering. And, when I went vegan I actually started eating a wide variety of foods I had never tried before. Different ethnic foods. You also start combining things in different ways, you start becoming more creative in the kitchen. But I went vegan just because it seemed to make sense, and it was aligned with my own values, because I didn't want to support this system that was so abusive to animals, and wasting and squandering so many scarce resources on our planet. And it was also healthier, so it was in my interest to eat food that was plant-based instead of animal-based. Living a vegan lifestyle makes a lot of sense.
Gene Baur
When all you know is pain you don’t know that that is not normal. It is not a woman’s lot to suffer, even if we’ve been raised that way.It is not OK to miss a part of your life because of pain and excessive bleeding.It is not OK to be bed-ridden for two-to-three days a month.It is not OK to pain during sex.It is not OK to have major bloating or na
Susan Sarandon
Homeopathy cures a larger percentage of cases than any other form of treatment and is beyond doubt safer and more economical.
Mahatma Gandhi
Little people doing little things in little places everywhere can change the world.
Anwar Fazal
Boundaries and risk management are very important parts of living a healthy and positive life.
Bryant McGill