Activism Quotes


Activism quotes shine a light on ways people are making a positive difference in the world. These quotes are about finding a cause that stirs your soul. Find something you feel passionate about and get involved at the community or global level. Our passion is quotes and spreading positive inspiration around the world. What stirs your soul? Think of one small step you could take today as an activist for your cause? It can be as simple as putting a bumper sticker on your car promoting a view you believe in, brainstorming your idea with a few friends, or doing some research with the help of your local library or the internet to locate others with similar interests.



If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends, you talk to your enemies.
Moche Dayan

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Mahatma Gandhi

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Mahatma Gandhi

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

Don’t let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
Bill Gates

I must tell you, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

The great thing about the dilemma we’re in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do…There isn’t a single thing that doesn’t require a complete remake. There are two ways of looking at that. One is: Oh my gosh, what a big burden. The other way, which I prefer, is: What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.
Paul Hawken

Don’t agonize. Organize.
Jim Hightower

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.
Sonia Johnson

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Helen Keller

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.
Pauline R. Kezer

Some of life’s biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks.
Dr. Bernard Lown

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

All art is subversive.
Pablo Picasso

It isn’t enough to talk about peace, one must believe it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it, one must work for it.
Eleanor Roosevelt

You are, by accident of fate, alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet. Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something.
Carl Sagan

The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.
Susan Sontag

It’s important the people should know what you stand for. It’s equally important that they know what you won’t stand for.
Mary H. Waldrip

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
Alice Walker

In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it.
Marianne Williamson

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.
Marianne Williamson



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