“Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.”
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Optimistic Quotes — page 55 of 204
“The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.”
“In America we have the greatest chance for opportunity than anyone else in the past six and a half thousand years. Never in recorded history have so many different gifts from all over the world been deposited in one country.”
“America is destined to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs.”
“Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.”
“But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.”
“I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag waving patriot.”
“Decide that you don’t mind being inconvenienced or interrupted, and God will use you to make a difference.”
“Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.”
“I'm a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to.”
“Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.”
“National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.”
“The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst.”
“We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.”
“I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.”
“When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.”
“Intersectionality allow us to focus on what is most important at a given point in time.”
“The universe has no restrictions. You place restrictions on the universe with your expectations.”
“Every gathering of Americans-whether a few on the porch of a crossroads store or massed thousands in a great stadium-is the possessor of a potentially immeasurable influence on the future.”
“King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.”