Gioconda Belli

Poet Nicaraguan Born 1948 (age 78)

Nicaraguan poet and novelist.

428 quotes

"We are all responsible for the kindness we leave behind."
Kindness
"Imagination is the birthplace of all change."
Imagination
"In darkness, we learn to see differently."
Wisdom
"Strength is not the absence of emotion but its mastery."
Strength
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and find it was yourself."
Peace
"The most radical act is to love yourself completely."
Love
"Education is the passport to freedom."
Education
"Every moment is a choice between growth and stagnation."
Life
"Authenticity is the rarest form of courage."
Courage
"We plant today the gardens we will walk in tomorrow."
Hope
"Silence can be the loudest form of resistance."
Freedom
"The heart's logic is older and wiser than reason."
Philosophy
"Beauty is not what you look like, but who you are becoming."
Beauty
"To persist is to prove that hope is not naive."
Perseverance
"War begins in the mind before it touches the earth."
War
"We must be brave enough to live as our truest selves."
"Love is the only currency that multiplies when shared."
Love
"The past does not own us unless we allow it to."
Freedom
"In every ending lies the possibility of a new beginning."
Change
"Knowledge without heart is a cold, hollow thing."
Knowledge
"To dream dangerously is to be truly alive."
Dreams
"Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere."
Justice
"The work of art is the work of the soul."
Art
"We are made new each day by our choices and commitments."
Life
"Happiness is not a destination but a practice."
Happiness
"The strongest voice is often the quietest one."
Wisdom
"Love requires us to be brave beyond our imagining."
Love
"To be free is to be responsible for your own becoming."
Freedom
"Wisdom is knowing when to fight and when to surrender."
Wisdom
"Every act of kindness is a small revolution."
Kindness