Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

We have to step up as adults and try to guide our youth.

I was mentored in high school through the National Hispanic Institute and I did the same for girls when I got older.

You've got a bunch of kids out here that might not want to be athletes, but they want to learn how to make a difference in their community, and I'm trying to as best I can show an example of that.

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

I'm a strong believer in kid-empowerment.

I love working with young people which to me is a big kick.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.

At Girl Scouts, we create leaders.

The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

I love spending time with young people. I love to hear about what they think. It keeps me young. And they need role models.

The seeds of a fruitful society are sown in the minds of its youth.

Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

If I get asked to talk to a group of CEOs or a group of high school students, I pick high school students.

I feel like my role is to be one of those voices who reaches the youth.

If you ever get in a position to influence and inspire the youth of the country, you should do it.

The youth is the future, and anything I can do to give to them, I'll do it.

So many of my staff is young enough that they're going to do amazing things. And I'm going to be helping them try to do them.

I've always found, when I was younger, that the older guys - the guys who weren't of my generation but were 20, 30 years older than me - were the cool guys. I always wanted to be around adults when I was young.

The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.

We need to awaken the next generation to understand that we are all change-makers. The nation is not as strong as its government but its next generation

I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in my position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

I enjoy talking to young people, and talking to people about helping young people. That part is not a chore. It's pretty fun, and something I like to do because I think it's important.