Amanda Gorman Quotes
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There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to see it.
There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to be it. – Amanda Gorman
We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace. – Amanda Gorman
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. – Amanda Gorman
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 – Amanda Gorman
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 – Amanda Gorman
our people diverse and beautiful will emerge,
battered and beautiful
When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid – Amanda Gorman
Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed
a nation that isn’t broken
but simply unfinished. . .
And yes we are far from polished
far from pristine
but that doesn’t mean we are
striving to form a union that is perfect
We are striving to forge a union with purpose – Amanda Gorman
There is always a light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. – Amanda Gorman
The new dawn blooms 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. – Amanda Gorman
we know our inaction and inertia
will be the inheritance of the next generation
Our blunders become their burdens
But one thing is certain:
If we merge mercy with might,
and might with right,
then love becomes our legacy
and change our children’s birthright
So let us leave behind a country
better than the one we were left with – Amanda Gorman
For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. – Amanda Gorman
If we’re to live up to our own time,
then victory won’t lie in the blade.
But in all the bridges we’ve made,
that is the promise to glade,
the hill we climb.
If only we dare.
It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit,
it’s the past we step into
and how we repair it. – Amanda Gorman
That is the promised glade, The hill we climb, if only we dare it: Because being American is more than a pride we inherit— It’s the past we step into, and how we repair it. – Amanda Gorman
Poetry is an art form, but, to me, it’s also a weapon, it’s also an instrument. It’s the ability to make ideas that have been known, felt and said.” Inaugural poet – Amanda Gorman
The first bud of spring sings the other seeds into joining her uprising. – Amanda Gorman
When day comes, we step out of the shade, Aflame and unafraid. The new dawn blooms 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. – Amanda Gorman
The norms and notions of what “just is’ isn’t always “justice”. – Amanda Gorman
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. – Amanda Gorman
Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. – Amanda Gorman
We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, And the norms and notions of what “just is” Isn’t always justice. – Amanda Gorman
If we merge mercy with might, and might
with right, Then love becomes our legacy, And change, our children’s birthright. – Amanda Gorman
Scripture tells us to envision that: “Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree, And no one shall make them afraid. – Amanda Gorman
I can hear change humming
In its loudest, proudest song.
I don’t fear change coming,
And so I sing along. – Amanda Gorman
I use my strengths and my smarts,
Take a knee to make a stand. – Amanda Gorman
While we might feel small, separate, and all alone, our people have never been more tightly tethered. The question’s not if we will weather this unknown, but how we will weather the unknown together. – Amanda Gorman
There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it. – Amanda Gorman
Not because we will never again know
defeat, But because we will never again sow
division. – Amanda Gorman
For there is always light, If only we’re brave enough to see it, If only we’re brave enough to be it. – Amanda Gorman