“But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be expanded; the average woman will be as well educated as the average man, and then better educated, for the dormant faculties of her brain will be stimulated to an activity that will be all the more intense and powerful because of centuries of repose. Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.”
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Optimistic Quotes — page 32 of 204
“It seems to me very important to the idea of democracy to the country and to the world eventually that all men and women stand equal under the sky.”
“Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.”
“The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much as, or more than, hands or mouths.”
“This is my long-run forecast in brief: The material conditions of life will continue to get better for most people, in most countries, most of the time, indefinitely. Within a century or two, all nations and most of humanity will be at or above today's Western living standards. I also speculate, however, that many people will continue to think and say that the conditions of life are getting worse.”
“If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
“We have weathered the worst storms and the safety of the shore, though distant, is in sight. We can look to the future with robust confidence provided we do not relax and fritter away our energies in internal dissensions. There never was greater need for discipline and unity in our ranks. It is only with united effort and faith in our destiny that we shall be able to translate the Pakistan of our dreams into reality.”
“Unless we progress, we regress.”
“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”
“The idea of America is so wonderful because the more equal something is, the more American it is”
“It is the English-speaking nations who, almost alone, keep alight the torch of Freedom.”
“It's possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.”
“Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.”
“The world is progressing, the future is bright and no one can change this general trend of history. We should carry on constant propaganda among the people on the facts of world progress and the bright future ahead so that they will build their confidence in victory.”
“The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.”
“Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them.”
“The solution to our water problems is more rain.”
“Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.”
“You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.”
“We can't build our dreams on suspicious minds.”