--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: New eras don't come about because of…" description: "\"New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/anonymous-1_eras_new-eras-don-t-come-about-because-of-swo_809678.jpg" --- # New eras don't come about because of swords, they're… ![“New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/anonymous-1_eras_new-eras-don-t-come-about-because-of-swo_809678.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/anonymous-1_eras_new-eras-don-t-come-about-because-of-swo_809678.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/anonymous-1_eras_new-eras-don-t-come-about-because-of-swo_809678.jpg) > “New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Change arises from collective action, not from weapons alone. **In simple terms:** People, not swords, drive change. Key Takeaway Empower communities. Themes social change collective power innovation Mood hopeful determined Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - activism - community organizing - technological adoption Key Concepts political theory social movements Questions to Reflect On - Who are the people wielding influence today? - How can we support positive wield? A Different Perspective Violent tools still have impact, complicating the narrative. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Eras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eras/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) [Swords](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/swords/) ## Related quotes > [There are new eras in one's life that are equivalent to youth-are something better than youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/there-are-new-eras-in-one-s-life-that-are-equivalent-to-youth-are/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) > [The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/the-theater-is-a-weapon-and-it-is-the-people-who-should-wield-it/) [Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/) > [The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-world-continues-to-offer-glittering-prizes-to-those-who-have/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-lord-must-learn-that-sometimes-words-can-accomplish-what-swords/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Swords are no good against the ironmen, unless the men who wield them know how to walk on water.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/swords-are-no-good-against-the-ironmen-unless-the-men-who-wield-them/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/some-battles-are-won-with-swords-and-spears-others-with-quills-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-this-be-the-hour-when-we-draw-swords-together-fell-deeds-awake/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“The world was simpler in those days, Jaime thought, and men as well as swords were made of finer steel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-world-was-simpler-in-those-days-jaime-thought-and-men-as-well-as/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-little-fool-tears-are-not-a-woman-s-only-weapon-you-ve-got/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/listen-strange-women-lying-in-ponds-distributing-swords-is-no-basis-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/jon-shrugged-girls-get-the-arms-but-not-the-swords-bastards-get-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Lead them on, Aragorn. The bridge is near. Do as I say! Swords are no more use here!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/lead-them-on-aragorn-the-bridge-is-near-do-as-i-say-swords-are-no-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Fear cuts deeper than swords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/fear-cuts-deeper-than-swords/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“My brother has his swords, I have my books. A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-brother-has-his-swords-i-have-my-books-a-mind-needs-books-like-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Pele played in an era which had so many great players and in that atmosphere he stood out above the others. He was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/pele-played-in-an-era-which-had-so-many-great-players-and-in-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Eras quotes > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Among the many factors that make a return to halcyon days of the first decades of the postwar era virtually impossible is the decline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gilpin/among-the-many-factors-that-make-a-return-to-halcyon-days-of-the/) [Robert Gilpin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gilpin/) > [For the time being Scherzer gives Washington a very nice rotation (on paper) with Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmerman, Gio Gonzalez, and Doug Fister, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-scherzer/for-the-time-being-scherzer-gives-washington-a-very-nice-rotation-on/) [Max Scherzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-scherzer/) > [ \[P\]rogress, however, has not sufficiently infiltrated the Interior Ministry, affording protection to those who participated in the Bytyqi murders and other egregious Milosevic-era crimes. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avis-bohlen/p-rogress-however-has-not-sufficiently-infiltrated-the-interior/) Avis Bohlen > [He brought a sensibility and a hard-edged reasonableness to operating restaurants that had a lasting impact on me and still affects how I run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bastianich/he-brought-a-sensibility-and-a-hard-edged-reasonableness-to-operating/) [Joe Bastianich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bastianich/) > [International friendly games are not worth the lives of the silk worms who perish to make the pennants. 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