Awareness Quotes

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources. The deficit is in human will."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"There comes a time when people get tired of being plunged into the abyss of exploitation and nagging injustice."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done."

- Russell Simmons

"Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength-carrying two days at once. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."

- Corrie ten Boom

"Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength — carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."

- Corrie ten Boom

"Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear."

- Corrie ten Boom

""That clock you hear is the sound of your own heart. Sink your teeth into this life, and don’t get let go.""

- Lin Manuel Miranda

"For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it."

- Jacques Yves Cousteau

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man, it is to know that and to wonder at it."

- Jacques Yves Cousteau

"We are all happy if we but knew it."

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation."

- Glenn Close

"Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so."

- Lemony Snicket

"You only get to walk variations of the same lines everyone has already drawn for you."

- Courtney Summers

"For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a 'rite of passage' and by asking students to simply 'get over it.' Those attitudes need to change. Every day, students are bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up. Let's break this silence and end school bullying."

- Linda Sanchez

"I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words, he epitomized the history of the human race."

- Bertrand Russell

"Cyberbullies can hide behind a mask of namelessness online and do not need direct physical admittance to their victims to do unimaginable harm."

- Anna Maria Chávez

"Cyberbullying is poised to turn into the biggest online concern, already affecting up to 35% of all children."

- Dr. Martyn Wild

"I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - either their family life is tough or they're being bullied by someone bigger than they are."

- Khloe Kardashian

"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."

- Diane Sawyer

"A monster. You and your friends, all of you. Pretty monsters. It's a stage all girls go through. If you're lucky you get through it without doing any permanent damage to yourself or anyone else."

- Kelly Link

"The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply."

- Stephen R. Covey

"Good players rarely look like the game is stressful for them, and they never seem rushed because they adjust their position all the time based on what's happening. They're always compensating for the movement of their teammates and the movement on the other side of the court, whether it's blocking or back court."

- Doug Beal

"Transformational coaching enables people to become aware of what stops them from getting going and what gets them going."

- Jack Canfield & Peter Chee