movements Quotes

“There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day.”

“People are realizing and shouting and marching and demanding. They’re not forgetting. I think that’s the most important part.”

“You can destroy wood and brick, but you can’t destroy a movement.”

“Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America—that we are fixed and certain only when we are in movement.”

“Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”

“And, I think, for those of us who came of age with the women’s movement, there’s always the fear that it’s not real, you’re not really allowed to determine your own life. It may be pulled back at any moment.”

“Seasons is a wise metaphor for the movement of life, I think. It suggests that life is neither a battlefield nor a game of chance but something infinitely richer, more promising, more real.”

“You can lift up your hands regardless of how you feel; It is a simple motor movement. You may not be able to command your heart, but you can command your arms. Lift your arms in blessing; just maybe your heart will get the message and be lifted up also in praise. ”

“It was barely audible, yet it stopped them dead, so that they stood paralyzed on the trail with their jaws hanging slackly.”

“Inhale. Count to five. Exhale. Forward motion.”

“Anything that is alive is in a continual state of change and movement. The moment that you rest, thinking that you have attained the level you desire, a part of your mind enters a phase of decay. You lose your hard-earned creativity and others begin to sense it.”

“You have taken root in the Beloved. I love your golden branches And the hundred graceful movements Your body now makes each time The wind, children and love come near.”

“The central movement of the mind is the desire for unrestricted liberty and (...) this movement is invariably accompanied by its opposite, a dread of the consequences of liberty.”

“It was dark in the wood and they had to be brave, for things moved all around them.”

“Great day for up feet! Lefts and rights.”

“Everybody’s doing ups!”

“The White Flowers operated on chaos, on constant movement. But the climb to power was one of choice, and those who remained low within the gang did so by their own desire.”

“That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first.”

“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.”

“A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.”

“We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.”