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Quotes About Movement

Nature loves a burst of energy.
~ Boe Lightman
There are a lot of memories we imagine. We play them over and over in our minds, trying to orchestrate our movements and words to perfection. Or maybe it's just that I've lived inside of my head more than any other person in the history of the world. Maybe none of us can really predict how we will act at any give moment. Maybe we're all at the mercy of circumstance in spite of our well-laid plans.
~ Mary E. Pearson
By this time it was dark, the candle carried by Robert only making one nucleus of light as he moved about holding it before the pictures one by one. The broad, bare window looked out upon the pale sky, tinged with the last cold flicker of the twilight. The ivy rustled against the glass with the same ominous shiver as that which agitated every leaf in the garden, prophetic of the storm that was to come.
~ Mary Elizabeth Braddon
People fall forward to success.
~ Mary Kay Ash
No experience can ever be repeated, and in this fact we find all the tragedy of life and at the same time its glory—its irrepressible movement.
~ Mary Parker Follett
I didn't think of the mini as sexual but as an instrument of liberation. I wanted to make clothes that you could move in, skirts you could run and dance in, but, of course, wearing clothes like that made you feel and look sexy.
~ Mary Quant
When I rode on to meet the army, I learned a thing one never forgets after: how much easier it is to move the many than the few.
~ Mary Renault
Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.
~ Mary Renault
Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.
~ Unknown
Giddy-Yap, Rainbow!
~ Unknown
Our tyger feet Are quieter than most.
~ Unknown
The more people do, the more society develops, the more problems arise. The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something. Originally there was no reason to progress, and nothing that had to be done. We have come to the point at which there is no other way than to bring about a "movement" not to bring anything about.
~ Masanobu Fukuoka
Air sungai tetap murni karena dia bergerak. Bila terperangkap, air akan mati. Karena itu, air harus selalu beredar. Jadi, bila emosi Anda mengalir ke seluruh tubuh, Anda merasakan perasaan gembira dan Anda bergerak menuju sehat secara fisik. Bergerak, berubah, mengalir - inilah sebenarnya hidup.
~ Masaru Emoto
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
~ Mason Cooley
The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.
~ Mason Cooley
What's more, your body also must be accelerated forward with every stride because it loses momentum upon each foot landing. The
~ Matt Fitzgerald
A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.
~ Matt Gonzalez
If we keep going in a straight line we'll get out of here. Walking one foot in front of the other, in the same direction, will always get you further than running around in circles. It's about the determination to keep walking forward.
~ Matt Haig
Which is to say: don't kill yourself. Even when the darkness is total. Always know that life is not still. Time is space. You are moving through that galaxy. Wait for the stars.
~ Matt Haig
It looks like she is standing still but actually she is walking. She is breaking out of the chains of the past. Of slavery. Of civil war. And she is heading towards liberty. But she is caught for ever in that moment of stopped time. Look, can you see? Stop looking at the torch and look at her feet. She's moving, but not moving. Heading towards a better future, but not quite there yet.
~ Matt Haig
Books were about movement. They were about quests and journeys. Beginnings and middles and ends, even if not in that order. They were about new chapters. And leaving old ones behind.
~ Matt Haig
Movement isn't progress if we are heading in the wrong direction
~ Matt Haig
On Earth you have to spend a lot of time traveling in between places, be it on roads or on rail tracks or in careers or relationships.
~ Matt Haig
pawn is the most magical piece of all. It might look small and ordinary but it isn't. Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.
~ Matt Haig