"But it is only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve." Quote from the movie/film "The day the earth stood still

"But it is only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve." Quote from the movie/film "The day the earth stood still". (don't know if it's copied from the older film or some book etc...) I did quite like that film (it was "ok", kind of advanced-mediocre) - at a certain point I was reaaaally hoping that somebody would state something like that, and a few minutes/seconds later they did => it made me incredibly happy :)