“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“It is important to take action and to realize that we can make a difference, and this will encourage others to take action and then we realize we are not alone and our cumulative actions truly make an even greater difference. This is how we spread the Light. And this, of course, makes us all even more hopeful.”- Jane Goodall
“Activism works. So what I’m telling you to do now, is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference.”
- Greta Thunberg
“Do it! What are you waiting on? Do it! Stand up for what you believe in. The world needs your voice. Whoever you are, you have something to say. Say it.”
— Kerry Washington
“Let future generations say we were the ones who stood up. Let them say we were the first to live in a world where all girls can learn and lead without fear.”
— Malala Yousafzai
“Action is the antidote to despair.”
— Joan Baez
“I’ve found the cure for depression is action”
— Yvon Chouinard
“It is not enough to be compassionate – you must act.” -The Dalai Lama
“Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.”
— James Baldwin
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” -St. Francis of Assisi
“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion, you’re wasting your life.” – Jackie Robinson
“When I’m taking action, I don’t feel like I am helpless and that things are hopeless, because then I feel like I’m doing everything I can,” she said. “And that gives me very much hope, especially to see all the other people all around the world, the activists, who are taking action and who are fighting for their present and for their future.” – Greta Thunberg
The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
“Adults keep saying: “We owe it to the young people to give them hope.” But I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house is on fire. Because it is.” – Greta Thunberg
“Don’t be cowed into silence. Stand, act up, speak out, because that is the only way that this situation is going to come to an end.” – Prairieland Prisoner Autumn Hill
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