Way Forward quotes
64 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again."
"We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place."
"The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally."
"An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led."
"Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice."
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"There is no way forward without ending the occupation."
"To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."
"Even a billion people is too much. There's no way back to the simplicity we once knew, but there may be a way forward to the simplicity that we once knew."
"The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The universe inside is outside but the universe outside is inside."
"Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation."
"Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them."
"We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of innocent Americans."
"There is no way forward that isn’t through pain."
"It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go."
"The way forward is simple - just follow Christ!"
"It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly."
"I think kids, in general as an audience, are the way forward because they're not sort of sullied by intellectual expectation or this or that. It's a very pure kind of response to the work."
"No one country can confront them alone…the only way forward is together."
