Motivation Quotes

When you need a push, these words deliver. The fuel for getting started and keeping going.

22152 quotes

K
"The work of social change is the work of naming and claiming."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"To work for change is to work for all of us."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
A
"We must be willing to sacrifice for what we believe in."
Assata Shakur
S
"We must demand what is rightfully ours, not ask for it."
Stokely Carmichael
A
"We cannot separate our personal lives from our political commitments."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"We cannot afford cynicism in the face of injustice; we must choose hope and action."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"One cannot live fully if one approaches life with the idea that there is no point."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Motivation comes from within."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Motivation requires purpose."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Motivation is the key to success."
Andrea Dworkin
"We organize to transform the material conditions of our lives."
Black Panther Party
"We organize the unorganized masses into conscious force."
Black Panther Party
S
"Motivation comes from vision, not desperation."
Shulamith Firestone
A
"We are never too small to make a difference in this world."
Assata Shakur
J
"If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
John Lewis
J
"If you have nothing to die for, you have nothing to live for."
John Lewis
S
"Motivation born from desperation is different from chosen action."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"Young people must understand that they have the power to change this nation."
Stokely Carmichael
A
"We cannot wait for a more convenient time to engage with the struggles of our moment."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"The struggle continues because the conditions that created oppression have not been eliminated."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Motivation sustained by consciousness of justice's importance endures."
Angela Y. Davis
G
"The most powerful word in the English language is 'yet'."
Germaine Greer
G
"Motivation is what gets you started; habit is what keeps you going."
Germaine Greer
A
"Despair is the resource of those who do not yet understand the possibilities of action."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day."
Gloria Steinem
G
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines whimpering and complaining."
Gloria Steinem
b
"Motivation grows from meaningful work"
bell hooks
B
"It is no longer possible for women to ignore the importance of their lives."
Betty Friedan
A
"We must build movements that transform consciousness and create new possibilities."
Angela Y. Davis
S
"The pursuit of romantic love has distracted women from pursuing economic and political power."
Shulamith Firestone