What are some really thought provoking quotes?

Question

like ones that are really meaning full.

im not looking for a specific one or anything id just like to know some but if possible nothing from like Tomas Jefferson or anything

thank you

Answer 1

These first few are Dr. King

"Detroit, Michigan "

June 23, 1963

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

"On Blacks In America"

From Birmingham jail, 1963

"Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands."

"On Nonconformity"

1963

"This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Dangerous passions of pride, hatred and selfishness are enthroned in our lives; truth lies prostrate on the rugged hills of nameless Cavalries. The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority."

"On Peace"

1964

"Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."

"Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?

Expediency asks the question - is it politic?

Vanity asks the question - is it popular?

But conscience asks the question - is it right?

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right."

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate.... Returning violence for violence multiples violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”  

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” - Malcom X

“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.” - Malcom X

“Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do as you do or think as you think or as fast.  There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.” - Malcom X

"There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance." - Cesar Chavez

"We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline."

"Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers."

"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."

"When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human."

"I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice."

"When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us. So, it how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life."

"You are never strong enough that you don't need help."

"Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves-and be free."

Answer 2

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.  ~Dr. Seuss

Answer 3

here are a few that I really like. I hope you will like them too.

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Louisa May Alcott

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.

William Arthur Ward

You cannot plough a field by

turning it over in your mind.

Author Unknown

The best way out is always through.

Robert Frost

ou have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life

Winston Churchill

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Mahatma Ghandi

The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.

Johnette Napolitano

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W.B. Yeats

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--

a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mary Shelley

here is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.

David Burns, Intimate Connections

Answer 4

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not? George Bernard Shaw

“Be Who You Are and Say What You Feel Because Those Who Mind Don't Matter and Those Who Matter Don't Mind.” Dr Seuss

    ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€ÂœOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williamson