@quotesthatinspire.bsky.social
Thoughtful progressive, movie buff, musical theatre nerd. Mother and homeschool parent. Recreationally read about economics, history, law, psychology and politics. Been saving up my favorite quotes for years. Here to inspire, inform and commiserate.
“I believe the power of the people is greater than the people in power. That’s the ideal of our democracy and our constitution.” -Cory Booker
April 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“I believe the power of the people is greater than the people in power. That’s the ideal of our democracy and our constitution.” -Cory Booker
“We the People in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution” -Preamble 1787
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“We the People in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution” -Preamble 1787
“All science is fiction, until it’s fact”
-He who Remains; Loki ssn2
-He who Remains; Loki ssn2
March 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“All science is fiction, until it’s fact”
-He who Remains; Loki ssn2
-He who Remains; Loki ssn2
“You are only free to dream and plan (for the future) when you’re not battling to survive (the present)”
-Oliver Jeffers; author
-Oliver Jeffers; author
January 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“You are only free to dream and plan (for the future) when you’re not battling to survive (the present)”
-Oliver Jeffers; author
-Oliver Jeffers; author
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.” MLK Jr. -"Letter From Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963
January 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.” MLK Jr. -"Letter From Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963
“He’s a sick man, frustrated, sick in his mind, sick in his soul, If he has one. He hates everybody that has anything that he can’t have.” -Pa Bailey; It’s a Wonderful Life about Potter.
January 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“He’s a sick man, frustrated, sick in his mind, sick in his soul, If he has one. He hates everybody that has anything that he can’t have.” -Pa Bailey; It’s a Wonderful Life about Potter.
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. 1/2
December 25, 2024 at 8:27 PM
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. 1/2
“Racists make it hard for us all to live together peacefully. They are bullies who use the differences between people as an excuse for calling names, picking Fights, and keeping people from having equal human rights”
-Pat Thomas ; The Skin I’m in.
-Pat Thomas ; The Skin I’m in.
December 23, 2024 at 3:11 PM
“Racists make it hard for us all to live together peacefully. They are bullies who use the differences between people as an excuse for calling names, picking Fights, and keeping people from having equal human rights”
-Pat Thomas ; The Skin I’m in.
-Pat Thomas ; The Skin I’m in.
“In this world, we are not perfect. We can only do our best.” -Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
December 19, 2024 at 4:35 AM
“In this world, we are not perfect. We can only do our best.” -Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
“Never lose your curiosity about everything in the universe- it can take you to places you never thought possible!”
-Sue Hendrickson
-Sue Hendrickson
December 17, 2024 at 1:43 PM
“Never lose your curiosity about everything in the universe- it can take you to places you never thought possible!”
-Sue Hendrickson
-Sue Hendrickson
“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”
- MLK Jr. Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
- MLK Jr. Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
December 15, 2024 at 1:22 PM
“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”
- MLK Jr. Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
- MLK Jr. Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
December 14, 2024 at 4:28 AM
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
-Mahatma Gandhi
December 11, 2024 at 5:44 AM
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
-Mahatma Gandhi
“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”
-Confucius
-Confucius
December 9, 2024 at 3:31 AM
“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”
-Confucius
-Confucius
If the election results proved anything, it’s this…
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
– Mark Twain
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
– Mark Twain
December 7, 2024 at 2:36 PM
If the election results proved anything, it’s this…
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
– Mark Twain
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
– Mark Twain
Quite a pertinent sentiment with recent occurrences…
#unitedhealthceo
“Whatever you do, just check – is it all about you, or is it for the wellbeing of All. This settles any confusion about good and bad karma.”
- Sadhguru
#unitedhealthceo
“Whatever you do, just check – is it all about you, or is it for the wellbeing of All. This settles any confusion about good and bad karma.”
- Sadhguru
December 6, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Quite a pertinent sentiment with recent occurrences…
#unitedhealthceo
“Whatever you do, just check – is it all about you, or is it for the wellbeing of All. This settles any confusion about good and bad karma.”
- Sadhguru
#unitedhealthceo
“Whatever you do, just check – is it all about you, or is it for the wellbeing of All. This settles any confusion about good and bad karma.”
- Sadhguru
🎵 “What does it take,
to wake up a generation?
How can you make someone
Take off and fly?
If we don’t wake up
and shake up the nation,
we’ll eat the dust of the world, wondering why.”
- Jonathan Larson
- Tick Tick Boom
to wake up a generation?
How can you make someone
Take off and fly?
If we don’t wake up
and shake up the nation,
we’ll eat the dust of the world, wondering why.”
- Jonathan Larson
- Tick Tick Boom
December 5, 2024 at 10:02 PM
🎵 “What does it take,
to wake up a generation?
How can you make someone
Take off and fly?
If we don’t wake up
and shake up the nation,
we’ll eat the dust of the world, wondering why.”
- Jonathan Larson
- Tick Tick Boom
to wake up a generation?
How can you make someone
Take off and fly?
If we don’t wake up
and shake up the nation,
we’ll eat the dust of the world, wondering why.”
- Jonathan Larson
- Tick Tick Boom
Still true…
“We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources. But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted… 1/2
“We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources. But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted… 1/2
December 4, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Still true…
“We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources. But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted… 1/2
“We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources. But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted… 1/2
Need to read this every day for the foreseeable future…
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
- John Lewis
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
- John Lewis
December 3, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Need to read this every day for the foreseeable future…
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
- John Lewis
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
- John Lewis
“Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.”
-Benjamin Franklin; Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738
-Benjamin Franklin; Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738
December 1, 2024 at 10:50 PM
“Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.”
-Benjamin Franklin; Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738
-Benjamin Franklin; Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738
Needed this sentiment today…
“ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
—Martin Luther King Jr. ; Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964
“ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
—Martin Luther King Jr. ; Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964
November 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Needed this sentiment today…
“ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
—Martin Luther King Jr. ; Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964
“ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
—Martin Luther King Jr. ; Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964
“The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.”
— Martin Buber (1878 - 1965)
— Martin Buber (1878 - 1965)
November 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
“The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.”
— Martin Buber (1878 - 1965)
— Martin Buber (1878 - 1965)
Seems fitting this thanksgiving…
"Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most"
-Sitting Bull
"Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most"
-Sitting Bull
November 29, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Seems fitting this thanksgiving…
"Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most"
-Sitting Bull
"Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most"
-Sitting Bull
“Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.
Each day's own evil is sufficient.”
-Jesus ; Matthew 6:34
Each day's own evil is sufficient.”
-Jesus ; Matthew 6:34
November 27, 2024 at 2:08 PM
“Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.
Each day's own evil is sufficient.”
-Jesus ; Matthew 6:34
Each day's own evil is sufficient.”
-Jesus ; Matthew 6:34
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
November 26, 2024 at 3:53 PM
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King Jr.