Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Interpretation
Creative and dedicated individuals often drive positive change in the world.
This quote emphasizes the impact that a small but passionate group of individuals can have on society. It highlights the idea that it is often the innovative and committed minority who challenge the status quo, inspire others, and ultimately contribute to significant advancements and improvements in the world.
In practice
In a speech about innovation at a conference, I could use this quote to highlight the importance of passionate individuals.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if we knew the end from the beginning. He is at work to bring us to our full glory.
When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.
There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.
My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.
I'm very proud of the colour of my skin and that I'm inspiring people from all backgrounds, but I think it will be great for the next mixed-race or black female principal dancer if she doesn't have to be asked about that.
Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.
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