My family is no different from yours. We may be different from the geography that we come from. Some of you all may pray differently than I do, some of you all may be from a different ethnicity, but we all have the same story.
Cory BookerRead
No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, enthusiasm over lethargy, love over hate. This is our true freedom. Whatever life may throw at us, we have the freedom and ability to choose our attitude. And I believe it is in those moments of choice that we manifest our destiny.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the power of choice in shaping our attitudes and destinies, highlighting the importance of hope and love over negative emotions.
Cory Booker's quote speaks to the intrinsic power each individual possesses to choose their response to life's challenges. Regardless of circumstances, we have the ability to choose emotions and actions that uplift us, such as hope over despair and kindness over indifference. This capacity for choice is framed as a form of true freedom, suggesting that our attitudes influence not only our personal experiences but also the broader outcomes of our lives, ultimately allowing us to steer our destinies in a positive direction.
Themes
ChoiceHopeAttitudeFreedomKindnessLoveDespair
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech at a community event.
More from Cory Booker
All quotes →When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family.
Cory BookerRead
I think Newark has been in the crosshairs in every generation of the fight to achieve America. And I think Newark is a city that's at that crossroads still.
Cory BookerRead
I am the descendant of slaves, of people that were born from a slave and a slave master.
Cory BookerRead
Let your critics make you humble, and your enemies make you wise. Learn from every stumble but let nothing keep you down, for you were born to rise!
Cory BookerRead
The drug war has been a war where the direct casualties have primarily been America's poor; America's minorities; and often, unfortunately, America's vulnerable, in terms of people with disease and addiction and mental health.
Cory BookerRead
Similar quotes
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
Blaise PascalRead
No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.
EpictetusRead
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
William ShakespeareRead
Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going.
Patrick ModianoRead
Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all.
Haruki MurakamiRead
There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error
Dale CarnegieRead