50 Quotes by Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist who gained international attention for her poem "The Hill We Climb," which she recited at the 2021 presidential inauguration of Joe Biden. Gorman, who is also the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, uses her poetry to address issues of race, feminism, and social justice, and has published a collection of her works titled "The Hill We Climb and Other Poems." She is a graduate of Harvard University and has received numerous awards and honors for her writing and activism. (Bio)
Amanda Gorman Quotes
"While democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated." (Meaning)
"Our people diverse and beautiful will emerge, battered and beautiful." (Quote Meaning)
"We've braved the belly of the beast." (Meaning)
"We will rise from the windswept northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution." (Quote Meaning)
"We close the divide because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside." (Meaning)
"We lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us." (Quote Meaning)
"We will rise from the sunbaked south." (Meaning)
"For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it." (Quote Meaning)
"Being American is more than a pride we inherit." (Meaning)
"There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it.If only we’re brave enough to be it."
"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace."
"When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.If only we’re brave enough to be it."
"We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another We seek harm to none and harmony for all Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried"
"Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished."
"The only approval you need is your own."
"Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for."
"I have to interweave my poetry with purpose.For me, that purpose is to help people, and to shed a light on issues that have far too long been in the darkness."
"There is no better compass than compassion."
"There is power in being robbed & still choosing to dance."
"Since the world is round There is no way to walk away From each other, for even then We are coming back together."
"Anxiety is a living body, Poised beside us like a shadow.It is the last creature standing, The only beast who loves us Enough to stay."
"By Goodbye, we truly mean: Let us be able to say hello again."
"We do not hope for no reason."
"For it’s our grief that gives us our gratitude, Shows us how to find hope, if we ever lose it. So ensure that this ache wasn’t endured in vain: Do not ignore the pain. Give it purpose.Use it."
"All of us bring light to exciting solutions never tried before For it is our hope that implores us, at our uncompromising core, To keep rising up for an earth more than worth fighting for."
"The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition."
"Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change."
“You know, time’s up, in itself, is poetic.Sure, it means time’s up on men who abuse their power, but on a broader scale, it speaks to a much longer and expansive time that dominated.”
“I’m so glad you brought up the last line, hope isn’t something that we ask of others, it’s something that we have to demand from ourselves.”
“The loss we carry, a sea we must wade.”
“And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it, Somehow, we do it.”
“We are striving to forge a union with purpose.”
“We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace And the norms and notions of what ‘just’ is Isn’t always justice.”
“We will rebuild reconcile and recover In every known nook of our nation In every corner called our country Our people diverse and beautiful will emerge battered and beautiful”
― Amanda Gorman Quotes
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