Activist Quotes

“During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly 'I don't know.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“It is not what you leave to your children that matters, but what you leave in them.”
― Shannon L. Alder, 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late

“Sometimes, people call my way of speaking ranting. Why are you always ranting and screaming, they ask. But here’s the thing…the reason why I rant is because I am a voice for many women that cannot speak out to heads of state, UN officials, and those that influence systems of oppression. And so I rant. And I will not stop ranting until my mission of equality of all girls is achieved.”
― Leymah Gbowee

“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“In order to master compassion, you have to spend time getting to know monsters. When you can do that you will see that there are no monsters, only people that acted like monsters because no one gave them the time or compassion to hear their story.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Silence Never

Silence never healed the lonely.
Silence never comforted the broken hearted.
Silence never saved a life.
Silence never won an argument with kindness.
Silence never healed the poor.
Silence never learned compassion.
Silence never saw the pain in another.
Silence never asked for forgiveness.
Silence never felt remorse.
Silence never felt empathy.
Silence never grew up.
Silence never listened to promptings.
Silence never resolved a problem.
Silence never had closure.
Silence never had a conscience.
Silence never developed integrity.
Silence never knew manners.
Silence never learned respect.
Silence never matured.
Silence never understood that the bible and its stories was God’s way of saying, “Stop being silent and start healing one another.”
Silence never realized that Christ was an activist for communication.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The goal for most people should not be to feel better, but to get better at feeling.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“If you teach your children how to bully, or do nothing to stop them, teach them also how to die for their cause.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker

“The problem will never be diversity, the challenging of tradition or the one person that questions the way life should be. The person that shows the world that this is wrong, there is a perspective you didn't consider, this is worth fighting for and being different is a blessing, will always be the solution for change.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Strength of character comes from being hit by stray verbal stones, while protecting discarded ciphers in the snow.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“I detect the activist returning with a vengence.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“I'm all for fighting tyranny and oppression.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“You can coddle your rage, or you can fully engage.”
― Tony Cleaver, A Chain of Flames

“For a man who makes his salvation perfect through suffering, is more of a saint and a loving hero of nature.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the ego. Oh activist, know that work without orientation of heart is fruitless. Oh lover, know that love without God is pain.”
― Yasmin Mogahed

“Without Christ a people may always have the freedom to do, but never the power to complete.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“To make peace is not a passive endeavor, but rather an activist mindset that works toward the end of conflict. In our world, it is not the soldier but the activist who calls for peace.”
― Dillon Burroughs, Thirst No More: A One-Year Devotional Journey

“The headlines are never in the news! And so, what I am saying is the news is never on the headlines”
― Sahndra Fon Dufe

“If you can't tell from my rap lyrics already, yes I am a feminist. And when I'm saying "hoe" or "bitch" I am actually referring to men. ...That sounded bad, in someway. But at the end of the day, I'm sick of rappers using "bitches" and "hoes" as terms towards women. Feminists are NOT a hate group. Feminists are not all female. Nor has it got an anti-male agenda. It's about equality! I've had a weird, special bond with women since I was a kid. And it's just a shame really that I'm gay.”
― Scott McGoldrick

“Not yet. I don't know what I'm so happy about. But it doesn't matter whether Ma agrees or not. I can make my own decisions. I'm a person, the same as the rest of you.”
― Pa Chin, Family

“There are horrible events going on all over the world. Human beings are really fucking up. Poets, we can’t just write poems. We have to put poems into action.”
― Jeremiah Walton

“Words are fossilized butterfly wings,
pretty to look at sometimes,
but only good for Museums.

I want to miserably burn down the Museums.”
― Jeremiah Walton

“The Lone Star of Africa Land of the free, on your beach and sacred forests loves flourished. You, Liberia, you my love to echo, the scream of freedom, holding tight and will never let go. O beautiful land, The Lone star for decades has survived wars and tribalism the elders who keep the ancestral treasures that resulted in Vandalism. When will morning break for great leaders to stand for what is right Mother Liberia?”
― Henry Johnson Jr