W Quotes
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“We cannot meet 21st Century challenges with a 20th Century bureaucracy.”
“We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that is casually pursued is not a goal; at best it is a wish, and wishes are little more than self-delusion.”
“We cannot move forward if we allow the past to pull us back.”
“We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.”
“We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services.”
“We cannot neglect the virtues of human nature, and we must not assume that our relationship with enhancement technologies will be driven by reason or moderation”
“We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.”
Source: Elements of morality incluiding polity
“We cannot, of course, expect every leader to possess the wisdom of Lincoln or Mandela’s largeness of soul. But when we think about what questions might be most useful to ask, perhaps we should begin by discerning what our prospective leaders believe it worthwhile for us to hear.
Do they cater to our prejudices by suggesting that we treat people outside our ethnicity, race, creed or party as unworthy of dignity and respect?
Do they want us to nurture our anger toward those who we believe have done us wrong, rub raw our grievances and set our sights on revenge?
Do they encourage us to have contempt for our governing institutions and the electoral process?
Do they seek to destroy our faith in essential contributors to democracy, such as an independent press, and a professional judiciary?
Do they exploit the symbols of patriotism, the flag, the pledge in a conscious effort to turn us against one another?
If defeated at the polls, will they accept the verdict, or insist without evidence they have won?
Do they go beyond asking about our votes to brag about their ability to solve all problems put to rest all anxieties and satisfy every desire?
Do they solicit our cheers by speaking casually and with pumped up machismo about using violence to blow enemies away?
Do they echo the attitude of Musolini: “The crowd doesn’t have to know, all they have to do is believe and submit to being shaped.”?
Or do they invite us to join with them in building and maintaining a healthy center for our society, a place where rights and duties are apportioned fairly, the social contract is honored, and all have room to dream and grow.
The answers to these questions will not tell us whether a prospective leader is left or right-wing, conservative or liberal, or, in the American context, a Democrat or a Republican. However, they will us much that we need to know about those wanting to lead us, and much also about ourselves.
For those who cherish freedom, the answers will provide grounds for reassurance, or, a warning we dare not ignore.”
Source: Fascism: A Warning
“We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for.”
“We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once again”
“We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem.”
Source: Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour
“We cannot outrun our past trauma. We can’t bury it and think that we will be fine. We cannot skip the essential stage of processing, accepting, and doing the hard, yet necessary trauma recovery work. There’s a body-mind connection. Trauma can manifest itself into chronic physical pain, cancer, inflammation, auto-immune conditions, depression, anxiety, PTSD, Complex PTSD, addictions, and ongoing medical conditions.”
Source: Soul Rescue: How to Break Free From Narcissistic Abuse & Heal Trauma
“We cannot overcome anger and hatred simply by suppressing them. We need to actively cultivate the antidotes: patience and tolerance.”
Source: The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living
“We cannot overlook the importance of wild country as source of inspiration, to which we give expression in writing, in poetry, drawing and painting, in mountaineering, or in just being there.”
“We cannot own each other, Bo. We can only offer what is ours to give.”
Source: Of Metal and Wishes
“We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.”
“We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.”
Source: Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author
“We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.”
“We cannot permit reason to intrude upon this moment. Do not deny us this.”
Source: A Ghost in the Throat
“We cannot pit generations against each other or forget the decades of hard changemaking work that came before us.”
Source: Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It
“We cannot plan a party for the apocalypse
because friends of the apocalypse know
the apocalypse always shows up
uninvited with a half-eaten bag of chips.”
Source: Dialogues with Rising Tides
“We cannot play at preaching. We preach for eternity.”
“We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”
“We cannot pluck a flower witout disturbing a star.”
“We cannot point to a single definitive solution of any one of the problems that confront us — political, economic, social or moral, that is, having to do with the conduct of life. We are still beginners, and for that reason may hope to improve. To deride the hope of progress is the ultimate fatuity, the last word in poverty of spirit and meanness of mind. There is no need to be dismayed by the fact that we cannot yet envisage a definitive solution of our problems, a resting-place beyond which we need not try to go.”
“We cannot possess the truth fully until it has entered into the very substance of our life by good habits, and by a certain perfection of moral activity.”
“We cannot possibly imagine the variety of contradictions in every heart.”
“We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.”
Source: A Treasury of Albert Schweitzer
“We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation.”
“We cannot pray and remain the same.”
“We cannot predict our tragedies.”
Source: Dialogues with Rising Tides
“We cannot predict the effects of our actions, especially our collective actions over generations or centuries, to use instrumental reasoning toward these big final ends to tell us what we ought to do.”
“We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.”
“We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up new laboratories in space. They are as much beyond our vision today as fire or electricity would be beyond the imagination of a fish.”
“We cannot preserve philanthropic and charitable values if we detach them completely from our fundamental personal beliefs and convictions.”
“We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.”
“We cannot prevail by our own might or strength, we need to plug on to the source of our strength so that we will remain resourceful always.”
Source: The Prince and the Pauper
“We cannot prevail,' said Walayat Shah. 'The Jehad is dead. Those who slew the women and the babes have slain it also. To slay in battle or in hot blood, that is well. And to kill men, if they be unbelievers, is to achieve Paradise. But to slaughter captive women who have suffered the harshness of war and sorrow, and been robbed thereby of all strength and will, is a deed to blacken the sun! I will fight no more against the feringhis, since God can no longer be upon our side.”
Source: Shadow of the Moon
“We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do. To claim this century the African Century is to declare war on AIDS.”
“We cannot progress as a society, as a people, if we lack compassion.”
“We cannot promote someone to Commander-in-Chief who has made the world a more violent and dangerous place with every bad judgment Hillary Clinton has made.”
“We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it.”
“We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential to prepare them for it. Feeling sorry for children is one of the most seriously damaging attitudes we can have. It so greatly demonstrates to them and to ourselves that we lack faith in them and their ability to cope with adversities.”
“We cannot protect ourselves from disappointment and still live a fully engaged life.”
Source: ChangeAbility: How artists activists and awakeners navigate change
“We cannot protect ourselves from trouble, but we can dance through the puddles of life with a rainbow smile, twirling the only umbrella we need -- the umbrella of God's love.”
Source: Boomerang Joy: Joy That Goes Around, Comes Around
“We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense.”
Source: The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age
“We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain must and will come.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
“We cannot prove that there is no God, but we can safely conclude the He is very, very improbable indeed.”
“We cannot put cinema in parallel with the political, because politics are something dirty and cinema is not dirty.”
“We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness: it is always urgent, ‘here and now,’ without any postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.”