Rose Schneiderman Quotes

I'm very goal-oriented. I do see myself doing something in public service.

I believe we have a responsibility, even if our job is to lead a nonprofit organization, as private citizens to be good citizens and to make our voices heard.

One way or another, I want to be a positive force for the people of Louisiana and the United States of America in whatever way I can serve.

My goal as a citizen is to do what I can to help the causes that I personally believe in.

After PepsiCo, I do want to go to Washington. I want to give back.

I'd like to be out in the city every day, listening to what people are saying and asking about what they need. I'd like to inspire others by doing as much as I can to help people who are trying to make a better life for themselves and others.

I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

I think I've been a great citizen.

I'd like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you know, because I think that my private-sector life has contributed to how I think about public-sector challenges and what I do in the public sector.

I have always been an active part of my community.

When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people who just wanted to be a part of the community and give something back. They weren't necessarily trying to use it as a steppingstone to something else. I looked up to those people.

There are a lot of ways to serve and only one is being president.

When you travel and when you campaign, people tell you their problems. You see the problems and you become aware of them and you talk about them every day. And so you feel the responsibility for doing something about them.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

I'm not in public service, nor do I ever plan to be, but I give back in my own way.

I'm a very community-oriented person.

I wasn't planning on becoming a politician. I was incredibly fulfilled in my role at PATH.

To me I think leadership is activism. It's giving back to your community, it's investing in oneself, and you know women and children.

I feel that it's my duty to persuade more people to take part in relevant causes.

My mother said, 'Did you ever believe you would be an activist?' I said, 'No, not really.' But I just felt in my heart that I needed to step up and be a leader in the forefront.

I've always been an activist, so my participation in community outreach and helping is just a natural extension of that.