Marilyn Ferguson Quotes

Action is the antidote to despair.

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.

We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

I have a general sense of excitement about the future, and I don't know what that looks like yet. But it will be whatever I make it.

So what it means is when you don't believe in the inevitable, it means you don't expect that that's how things have to turn out. You can change them.

We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

The future is in our hands!

There's no need to fear or hope, but only to look for new weapons

All I can do is to try and make the future better.

You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are.

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

In difficult times, it's important to speak up. We cannot change the past, but we can impact the future.

There are people who dismiss any ideas you have about helping, but anything has got to be better than doing absolutely nothing... hasn't it?

I remember the day Ukraine became independent. I was 20; now I am over 40. It was like one second - time goes so fast. If we wait, the next 20 years will go by. We have a choice to wait or to fight for the better future of our country. I know better than anyone: no fight, no win.

When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.

Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. You will inevitably make mistakes but at the end of your days, you will be remembered for your gallop, not for your stumble.

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.

I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give up the game before all the cards have been played. The metaphor is deliberate; life is a gamble. Not to play is to foreclose any chance of winning. To play, to act, is to create at least a possibility of changing the world.

I will vote my hopes and not my fears.

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.

I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.

I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.