Bill Moyers

Journalist Documentary Maker American Born 1934 (age 92)

Public television journalist known for in-depth documentaries.

388 quotes

"The truth is like the sun; it reveals everything it shines upon."
Truth
"Persistence in the face of adversity is the mark of true character."
Perseverance
"We are all responsible for the world we leave behind."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited."
Imagination
"The seeds of change are planted in moments of quiet reflection."
Change
"To forgive is not to forget; it is to free yourself from the past."
Peace
"Beauty exists not in perfection but in authenticity."
Beauty
"The death of one person is a tragedy; the death of millions is a statistic."
Death
"Our choices echo through generations we will never meet."
Leadership
"The work of justice is never finished; it is the work of every generation."
Justice
"Hope is not optimism; it is a disciplined choice to believe in possibility."
Hope
"We grow most in the soil of our struggles, not our comforts."
"The body keeps score of what the mind tries to forget."
Health
"Adventure is what happens when you step outside your known world."
Adventure
"Science without ethics is the instrument of our undoing."
Science
"The greatest monuments are not made of stone but of stories."
History
"War is the failure of imagination and the death of possibility."
War
"Motivation is not found; it is created through purpose and meaning."
Motivation
"Inspiration comes not from on high but from the people around us."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the laboratory where we discover who we are."
Relationships
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the space where we become ourselves."
Solitude
"The power of gratitude is that it transforms what we have into enough."
Gratitude
"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic persistence."
Patience
"Every person contains universes of experience we will never fully know."
Wisdom
"The family is where we first learn the meaning of love and responsibility."
Family
"Dreams are the rehearsal for the life we choose to live."
Dreams
"Humor is the light we carry through the darkness."
Humor
"Power without accountability is tyranny disguised as governance."
Politics
"The test of civilization is how we treat the most vulnerable among us."
"Knowledge without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."
Knowledge