Social Change Quotes
Social Change Quote of the day
Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."--From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.
Certain barriers do require a critical mass of action at the right time to overcome the inertia that is greater than incremental change.
We are revolutionaries for peace and freedom not violence. And we are going to fight through creativity rather than aggression.
Make a commitment to serve the needs of the ‘least of these’ and give voice to the voiceless.
We refused to be what world want us to be- BAD. We are what we are- GOOD. And that's the way it is going to be.
History honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget.
Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological.
Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.
Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.
...one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers.
It's all about the people. It's all for the people. It's all to the people. That's our ultimate goal.
Extract and expel implicit biases from your work life. Don't taint our visitors with your bias and views. Allow them to form their own conclusions where it's developmentally appropriate.
Arise, my friend – the world is wailing for kindness – it is wailing for compassion – it is wailing for love.
I cannot live my life striving only for my own security, I can only feel secure when I see myself useful in other people's life.
You don't have to be a billionaire to believe you can make a difference. Give your resources to a charity and volunteer in your community.
To be wealthy, powerful or famous does mot matter to me. Starting a social good ripple that will turn to an ocean wave matters to me.
The more we humanize the society, the more we will become humans.
Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol – a symbol of hope – a symbol of wisdom – yet this very symbol has become disgraced by our faults and deluded justification of mistakes.
Personal growth will cause a ripple effect as the growth in consciousness of enough people, one by one, can create general change, and lasting social improvements.
Today, spend a little time cultivating relationships offline. Never forget that everybody isn't on social media.
After staring at the poor in the eyes, my thoughts on how best to help people have dramatically changed.
He was too smitten by his second wife and the sons she produced easily and regularly at eighteen-month intervals to bother too much about a daughter.
Birth is to celebrate, death is to mourn - Menu 8 (Death: Loved Ones!)
Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.
The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss.
We've got to make change our national pastime and hold protests more regularly than weekend parties.
Our situation is intolerable, but what's worseis to sit here and do nothing.
If we all work together there is no telling how we can change the world through the impact of promoting positivity online.
A nation with a thousand awakened citizens and a corrupt leader, is much more alive than a nation with an awakened leader and a thousand corrupt citizens.
Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.
There's a reason why I've spent one-third of my life doing this. My dream is to meet and connect 3 billion young people of the world to information and opportunities in my lifetime.
The most important legacy you will ever leave is your vision planted in the minds of your disciples and a passion as strong as a storm in their hearts.
For a better world, we need education. nevertheless, more than education, we need people with common sense.
Did you know that using social media can actually help you to increase your level of thinking?
Philanthropists should find innovations that release the energies of people. Individuals don't want to be taken care of --they need to be given a chance to fulfill their own potential. (142)
Sacrifice everything that is yours, to call up the humans in others.
Arise O lion-heart! Awake, O great soldier! Misery has come upon the world. It is wailing for help. It is wailing for redemption. Won’t you do anything, my friend!
