TOPIC OF THE MONTH: WORDS TO LIVE BY
Actions speak louder than words. But here are some words from a few of the world's best and noblest activists:
“I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated. I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive.”
Harvey Milk (Politician and Equal Rights Activist, 1930-1978.)
“All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words.”
Harvey Milk (Politician and Equal Rights Activist, 1930-1978.)
“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.”
Gloria Steinem (American Writer and Women and Equal Rights Activist. b.1935.)
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve (American Actor, Film Director and Activist. 1952-2004.)
“People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.”
Barbara Kingsolver (American Writer and Social Justice, Biodiversty Activist. b.1955.)
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Monk, Activist and Writer. b.1926.)
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead (American anthropologist, 1901-1978.)
“Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.”
Saul Alinsky (Community Organizer and Homeless and Poor Reform Activist, 1909-1972.)
“Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in.”
Saul Alinsky (Community Organizer and Homeless and Poor Reform Activist, 1909-1972.)
“I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.”
William Lloyd Garrison (American social Activist, Journalist and Abolitionist and Women’s Sufferage, 1805-1879.)
“A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back -- but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.”
Marian Wright Edelman (Civil Rights and Children Education Activist, b 1939.)
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.”
Cesar Chavez (American Activist and Labor Organizer, 1927-1993.)
“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”
Rosa Parks (American civil rights Activist, 1913-2005.)
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Civil Rights Activist, 1929-1968.)
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Civil Rights Activist, 1929-1968.)
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