Virtual Activity
Have you heard or read a quote that resonated with you? Are there “words of wisdom” that have been instrumental in guiding you through difficult times? Share your favorite quote from a friend, family member, author, public speaker, professor or other person.
Vikas Ranas
Andreas Rivera Young
A few of the favorite quotations shared by Brown community members:
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
— Robert F. Kennedy
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'”
— Kurt Vonnegut, author
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
— Epictetus
“I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”
— James Baldwin
“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
— Kate Chopin
“But doing something good or remarkable isn't easy. It's much easier to condemn people who do the wrong thing than it is to do the right thing yourself.”
— Kanae Minato
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
— Simone de Beauvoir
“Not all storms come to disrupt your life; some come to clear your path."
— Unknown