Kevin Johnson Quotes

I like talking about it, I like talking about world change. I like talking about things that you want to do in your community.

I firmly believe that volunteering is good for our society and brings communities together. It's a fantastic opportunity to get involved in your local community, to meet new people and to gain a sense of pride and achievement.

In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.

I'm very encouraged by millennials and their drive to make the world a better place.

I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.

I get up each and every day trying to do my level best to make Victoria a better place.

My husband, Andrew Shue, is the co-founder of Do Something, and we both speak and present at awards ceremonies. It's absolutely amazing and humbling to see all the work so many young people are contributing to better their communities on both a local and global front.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.

My greatest work comes in the community.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

America needs a big idea that plays to its strength. It should look to national service.

My main job and my overwhelming job starts with my family, my street, my neighborhood, and my city.

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it.

There are a lot of ways to make a positive impact on the community without necessarily being a politician.

I just want to be a better person to the community.

Active citizenship doesn't just mean running for office or going into politics; it means starting organisations that promote change or solve a problem, pursuing social good with economic success.

The most powerful thing we can do is get involved locally. Help our local community and become community activists in our own smaller circle.

When I think about Edmonton, Silver Street and Pymmes Park, the old people whose faces are so unhappy, it pushes me to be better. I want to be better to help places like this.

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

Each year on Impact Day, I love seeing our people fill classrooms, parks, and training centers to make a difference in communities across the country.

I'm going to try my best to do everything I can for Detroit.

City of Los Angeles is my home, and it is my duty to lead by example, contribute all that I can, and help make the world a better place with the tools and resources available to me.