Generations Quotes

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  The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

  William James

  Life, Change, Positive

  "Living the Abundant Life". Book by Thomas S. Monson, 2004.

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• Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

  George Orwell

  Badass, Intelligent, Imagination

  George Orwell (1986). “The complete works of George Orwell”

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• If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Family, Spiritual

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.80, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

  Gloria Steinem

  Reality, Needs, Remember

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• Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

  Ronald Reagan

  Opportunity, Presidential, Politics

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• Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

  Lewis Mumford

  Family, Father, Grandmother

  The Brown Decades ch. 1 (1931)

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• The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

  Jean Piaget

  Inspirational, Motivational, Education

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• Every generation needs a new revolution.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Change, Famous Inspirational, Needs

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• It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.

  Christine Gregoire

  Children, Feminist, Legacy

  Christine Gregoire's Inaugural Speech in Olympia, Washington, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. January 12, 2005.

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• Fewer and fewer Americans possess objects that have a patina, old furniture, grandparents pots and pans - the used things, warm with generations of human touch, essential to a human landscape. Instead, we have our paper phantoms, transistorized landscapes. A featherweight portable museum.

  Susan Sontag

  Museums, Grandparent, Essentials

  Susan Sontag (2011). “On Photography”, p.62, Macmillan

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• I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.

  LeVar Burton

  Stars, People, Proud

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt.

  Mike Pence

  Mean, Mountain Ranges, America

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• With our next generation hardware, polygon rendering will probably be an area we'll get more heavily into.

  Trip Hawkins

  Next, Rendering, Hardware

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• I'm not saying that more performance wouldn't be better - all these technologies are going to get better - that's the difference between first generation and second generation.

  Trip Hawkins

  Technology, Differences, Get Better

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• Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Depression, Spiritual, War

  "Bruise Control". www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2000.

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• It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Time, Age, Aging

  Fanny's First Play (1914) "Induction"

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  I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole earth will become One Circle again.

  Crazy Horse

  Native American, Color, Circles

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• Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.

  Garrett Hardin

  Natural, Tendencies, Bases

  Garrett James Hardin (1976). “Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship Beagle”

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• We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Integrity, Anger, Character

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.96, Beacon Press

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• It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Ignorance, Glowing, Doe

  Charles Dudley Warner (1873). “Backlog Studies”, p.28

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• I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased.

  Judy Chicago

  Art, Immortality, Significant

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• Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.

  Wilford Brimley

  Land, Looks, Wonderful

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• Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Love, Spiritual, Years

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  Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

  James Madison

  War, Liberty, Bears

  James Madison (1865). “Letters and other writings of James Madison”, p.471

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