#ogres

Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game. ↗

— Eric Liu

#elections #fellow #game #i #i wonder

To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#perseverance #progress #sailing #sea #perseverance

Q: So, why do you write these strong female characters? Whedon: Because you’re still asking me that question. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#progress #understanding #character

Stop allowing your outdated ideas to hinder your progress. Become open to new information that can refine, improve, and enhance your way of thinking. This will empower your way of living. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#ideas #learn #progress #thinking #experience

The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#dressing #innovation #introspection #melancholy #philosophical

If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#politics #progress #the-true-believer #communism

Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#both #governments #make #mobs #need

Change is the parent of progress. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#change #inspirational #life #motivational #progress

You can't see change until you change the way you see. ↗

— Raimy Diaz

#change-your-mind #making-progress #self-improvement #self-realization #change

She hasn’t got it all figured out...far from it, in fact. But she loves God and she loves to dance…and she’s her own “Better Half.” The bravest woman I know? She is the reason I do what I do. She is The Single Woman. She’s me…and she’s you. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#better-half #bravery #completeness #dance #dancing