Quotes

Progress 2026 Inspiration: Plenary Highlights

The Australian Progress 2026 Conference brought together organisers, activists and thinkers from across Australia. Read key ideas shared by inspiring speakers during the plenary sessions.

Inspiring Quotes from George Lakey: Activist, Strategist, Trainer and Author

Inspiring quotes from George Lakey, US activist, strategist, Quaker, trainer and writer. Topics include courage, hope, vision, training and more.

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The Proper Form of Politeness: Quotes from the Pen of T-Bone Slim

Quotes from T-Bone Slim, “the laureate of the logging camps” who wrote more than 1000 humorous and polemical columns, songs and poems from 1920 to 1942.

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Inspiring Narrative Change Quotes

Here is a collection of inspiring quotes about narrative change and story telling collated by the Commons Librarians.

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Quotes about Power and Social Change

A collection of quotes about power, social change and organising collected by the Commons Social Change Library.

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Quotes from Beyond the Gender Binary

Quotes which draw on contemporary experiences of living beyond the gender binary to inspire collective action, resistance and solidarity.

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Marshall Ganz Quotes and Wisdom about Leadership, Hope, Organizing and Narrative

Inspiring quotes from Marshall Ganz, an expert in leadership, organizing and narrative/story. He is a lecturer at Harvard University.

Inspiring Quotes from Women Leaders and Activists

Over 40 quotes by inspiring women leaders and activists from Australia and around the world about leadership, diversity and the environment.

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A Collection of Nonviolence Quotes

A collection of quotes to be used as part of training on strategic nonviolence and nonviolent direct action.

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