Revolution Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old revolution quotes, revolution sayings, and revolution proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution. George Papandreou
Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be. Rebecca Solnit
Revolution is not a goal in itself. Ernest Mandel
We need to realize that our path to transformation is through our mistakes. We're meant to make mistakes, recognize them, and move on to become unlimited. Yehuda Berg
Transformation literally means going beyond your form. Wayne Dyer
For me, the key to longevity - and immortality, in a sense - has to do with transformation. Marilyn Manson
During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset. Irene Rosenfeld
You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation. Cory Booker
Innovation is the calling card of the future. Anna Eshoo
Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things. Edward Felten
Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer. W. Edwards Deming
A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules. Vivek Wadhwa
Innovation is creativity with a job to do. John Emmerling
Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make. Tim Berners-Lee
The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world. Dalai Lama
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets. Napoleon Bonaparte
Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business. Garet Garrett
Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas. Bill Hicks
Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment. Johan Huizinga
A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind. Daisaku Ikeda
A revolution is not the same as inviting people to dinner, or writing an essay or painting a picture. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another. Mao Zedong
A revolution is not an easy thing to pull off. Edmund G. Brown Jr
Revolutions are as a rule not made arbitrarily. Leon Trotsky
Revolution is what societies do instead of committing suicide when the alternatives are exhausted and all the connections that bind men's lives to familiar patterns are cut. Andrew Kopkind
Revolutions are locomotives of history. Nikita Krushchev
Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. Germaine Greer
Revolutions are not made; they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back. Wendell Phillips
Revolution is a transfer of property from class to class. Leon Samson
Revolution is not the uprising against the existing order but the setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one. José Ortega y Gasset
Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought. Kwame Nkrumah