Activism Quotes
The power of your story may not lie in its drama, but in its absolutely perfect relationship to your cause.
If a fight looks like a lot of fun, you should be suspicious. 'If you ain't scared of standing up for what's right, you ain't standing up for much.
Please your mother: just lie around upstairs and smoke some pot. Be a revolutionary.
One of the most important skills we can develop for collapse is thecapacity to listen.
Gratitude is a state of mind that inherently recognizes interdependence with the external world, whether it be other humans, nature, the sacred, or a combination of these.
Fundamentally, what all forms of positive thinking about collapse come down to is our own fear of death.
The Earth was singing her revolution. She was calling her brave men and women to her defense.
This isn't about keeping mountains looking pretty. Ending mountaintop removal is about keeping humanity alive.
Activism begins with you, Democracy begins with you, get out there, get active! Tag, you're it
Love is active, not passive. It is our love for one another, for Mother Earth, for our fellow creatures that compels us to act on their behalf.
Our minds must be as ready to move as capital is, to trace its paths and to imagine alternative destinations.
Your worst enemy is not the person in opposition to you. It is the person occupying the spot you would be fighting from and doing nothing.
I am saying that there is a time to do, and a time not to do, and that when we are slave to the habit of doing we are unable to distinguish between them.
Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don't yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it's actually going to be possible.
When the last tree is cut and the last fish killed, the last river poisoned, then you will see that you can't eat money.
It's going to take all of us, gathering our voices and acting together. Saying, "Not on our watch" to create a future for humans, animals and the environment.
Giving back is so important. Give back to your communities in whatever way you can. With donations, items or with your time. The Universe blesses a generous heart.
I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and
We should refrain from adopting laws that would allow countries with poor scorecard on human rights to exploit backdoors on techs for silencing dissent.
And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve.
Calling the earth activists, lightworkers, spiritual warriors. Stay awake. Take action. Spread awareness.
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes." ~ ' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes." -
Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl.
You cannot change people but you can change the system so that people are not pushed into doing evil things.
What lies between where you are and where you want to be sometimes requires traveling through the Twilight Zone.
We felt as though we had a responsibility to do something about it. So, we did.
Where there is poverty, there will be destruction and exploitation by the corporations and governments benefitting from destroying our rainforests and trafficking wildlife.
16 days of activism? I don't know about you folks, but I'm an activist every single day.
I was born for this moment in Earth's history and if you believe you are a lightworker, so were you.
As far as we could tell, the face of the revolution was a sea of embroidering women, patiently waiting the resignation of their repressive governor.
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.
A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent.
There is nothing like the whites of someone’s eyes to convince you how very true what you believe is, how very much you must act on it.
There is no politically neutral fence available for us to sit on, and our attempts to do so have the consequence (intended or not) of supporting the existing political system.
Why is it that the people who seem to have the most to say aren’t doing anything at all?