Nancy Lublin Quotes

Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positive impact on the world.

I believe that the only true agents of change on a large scale, in this country or anywhere, are young people.

I'll have 15 letters today from mostly young kids who don't like what's going on and want to do something about it, and [they ask me] if I can give them some advice as to what they should do, or can I tell them what to read or something.

Most of the time we do nothing, myself included, I think the lesson I learned from [playing humanitarian Tessa in The Constant Gardner] is that a lot of drops make up an ocean. If people would stand up and say what they believe in maybe we can make a difference. Helping one person is better than nothing. Just do something.

The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

When they [young people] believe they are the difference! That their voice matters and to use the incredible power each one of them has. I work with an amazing young man, Jaylen Arnold, who started a foundation and a movement to educate people about tolerance and to stop bullying when he was eight years old. He never ceases to inspire me.

The youth are the catalysts for real change.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

We have to let young people know that we care about them and their future. I want to involve them to a level where they become the leaders and the advocates because, right now, a lot of these young people don't believe they have an advocate.

Getting in the community, working with the kids, was a way that I felt like I could get out and make a change.

I believe that young kids have agency and can make a difference in the world.

Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.

I'm on a mission partly to make a difference in the world for the better, starting with the kids. They are the future.

I don't have a problem participating with the youth because the youth are our future.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

The task of youth is not only its own salvation but the salvation of those against whom it rebels.

... the young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist.

The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.

Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.

My kids have lived experiences that could have never been duplicated otherwise. That's one thing about people who get involved in activism, you live so many experiences that otherwise they wouldn't be there. This is why peoples' lives are so enriched.

All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.

Young people are this country [America], and we need to speak out.

I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.