“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” ~ Mahatma Gandhi "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any" ~ Alice Walker “I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs” ~ Muhmmad Ali “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. “Protest is an act of love, not one of anger” ~ U.S. Rep. John Lewis "Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder" ~ Rumi “Things do not change; we change” ~ Henry David Thoreau “The future depends on what we do in the present” ~ Mahatma Gandhi "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen" ~ Michael Jordan “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: It is the presence of justice” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" ~ Albert Einstein “An ounce of patience is worth more than a tonne of preaching” ~ Mahatma Gandhi "Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others" ~ Suzy Kassem “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. “Be not simply good, be good for something” ~ Henry David Thoreau “I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who is for or against” ~ Malcom X "Your silence gives consent" ~ Plato “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” ~ Mahatma Gandhi "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen" ~ Winston Churchill ““The time is always right to do what is right” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything" ~ Albert Einstein