“The world told you that you had to hide your pain, to be small and quiet, so you wouldn't rock the boat. And you believed. Then one day you saw the silent pain in the eyes of a small and quiet girl in a boat bound for nowhere. And a warrior awoke. You freed the girl from the silent shackles and told her that her story mattered, to tell it deep and wide and loud, to set the boat ablaze with every fierce and fiery word so all the world could hear and heal. And you believed.” WorldPainSufferingGirlSilenceStrengthFeministFeminine Author:L.R. Knost
“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.” WorldLightInspirational QuotesDarknessHope Quotes Author:L.R. Knost
“If I leave this world with only kindness as my legacy, it will be enough.” WorldLifeDeathKindnessGoodnessLegacy Author:L.R. Knost
“Respecting a child teaches them that even the smallest, most powerless, most vulnerable person is worthy of respect. And that is a lesson our world desperately needs to learn.” WorldParentChildhoodRespectParentingVulnerableChildPowerless Author:L.R. Knost
“What if I told you that what the world needs right now is you - flawed, fumbling, wounded, trying-to-figure-it-all-out you? Because that's exactly what it needs, you know - more velveteen-real people who are a little worn and a little weary, but who bring a whole lot of warm and welcoming and wonderful to life.” WorldLoveNeedsHumanFlawsWoundedImperfectionsVelveteen Author:L.R. Knost
“Healing a hurting humanity starts with a sacred pause, to listen, to learn, to understand, to accept, to forgive, to respect. That sacred pause transcends the fear-driven brutality of the primitive human survival intinct and makes way for a thoughtful, intentional, peaceful, humane response. Peaceful coexistence on this lovely planet is not impossible. It is imperative. Our future, our humanity, our very survival depends on it.” WorldHumanityHopePeaceSurvivalHumanBrutalityInhumanityCoexistencePlanet Author:L.R. Knost
“The strength of a nation rests on its future, and its future rests in the hands of its children. True strength is forged in gentleness, guided by wisdom, and steeped in peace. Growing the next generation with gentleness, wisdom, and peace begins by recognizing that we are citizens of the world, that every human matters, and that our children learn how to treat the world by how we treat them. To be a nation at peace, we must treat all humans peacefully and raise peaceful humans. The only path to peace is peace.” WorldChildrenHopePeaceKindnessFutureHumanParenting Author:L.R. Knost
“Broken children grow into broken adults. To create a more peaceful future, we need to create a more peaceful present for our children. Our world needs more heart-whole adults, not more refugees from childhood.” WorldChildrenPeaceChildhoodFutureHumanParenting Author:L.R. Knost
“The job of each generation is to solve more problems than they create and to lift up the next generation to be better than the last. Simply repeating the past does neither.” WorldInspirational QuotesHumanityChangeHumanGeneration Author:L.R. Knost
“Want world peace? Be peaceful. Think the world needs more kindness? Be kind. Want a better world? Be a better person. #wearetheworld” WorldInspirational QuotesHumanityPeaceKindnessHuman Author:L.R. Knost
“Parenting our children peacefully is a gift of peace to the world. Children learn what they live and live what they learn.” WorldChildrenPeaceParentKindnessParentingChild Author:L.R. Knost
“As females, most of us have spent a lifetime being inundated with the message that our worth is inextricably linked to our attractiveness. We are trained from our earliest years to turn a critical eye on ourselves: Are we thin enough? Too thin? Tall enough? Too tall? Athletic enough? Too athletic? Curvy enough? Too curvy? And the list goes on. The ideal of attractiveness is mercurial and capricious, ever-shifting and forever-out-of-reach. It is an impossible ideal by its very nature. And it is a lie. To walk through life with calm assurance, clothed in confidence in our femininity and self-worth, requires that we first recognize and reject the lie that our worth is tied to our attractiveness. We must learn to appreciate and accept the endless array of attributes that make each of us a wonderfully and gorgeously unique human. We must discover for ourselves the truth that our worth lies solely in our existence. That to exist is to be worthy of love and acceptance and fulfillment and companionship and tenderness and happiness. When we can see and accept that our existence is what makes us worthy, we will finally be able to accept our own worthiness, to love our female skin in all of its unique glory, and to walk confidently and comfortably in a world desperate for the love that we can now freely give.” WorldLoveLifeSelf EsteemSelf AwarenessFeministWomanFeminineBody Image Author:L.R. Knost
“The goal of parenting shouldn't be to prepare children to withstand the world, but to grow children who will change the world.” WorldChildrenMotherFatherChildhoodParentingChildToddler Author:L.R. Knost
“It will take just one generation choosing gentle, compassionate, respectful parenting to change the world for all future generations. This is our time. Our chance is now. Let's do our part to change the world, one little heart at a time.” WorldHeartParentChangeChildhoodParentingChildGeneration Author:L.R. Knost
“The ultimate gift we can give the world is to grow our tiny humans into adult humans who are independent thinkers, compassionate doers, conscious questioners, radical innovators, and passionate peacemakers. Our world doesn't need more adults who blindly serve the powerful because they've been trained to obey authority without question. Our world needs more adults who question and challenge and hold the powerful accountable.” WorldParentPowerfulAuthorityParentingChallengeQuestionAccountable Author:L.R. Knost
“Here's to the bridge-builders, the hand-holders, the light-bringers, those extraordinary souls wrapped in ordinary lives who quietly weave threads of humanity into an inhumane world. They are the unsung heroes in a world at war with itself. They are the whisperers of hope that peace is possible. Look for them in this present darkness. Light your candle with their flame. And then go. Build bridges. Hold hands. Bring light to a dark and desperate world. Be the hero you are looking for. Peace is possible. It begins with us.” WorldLightSufferingHumanityHopeCommunityHumanInhumanityBridge Author:L.R. Knost