Ann Veneman Quotes

I've met dedicated people from all sectors of society who are committed to giving children the tools they need for a better future. I'm always impressed by the passionate young leaders I meet. As the pace of change accelerates, so do the challenges we face. However, the chances to solve them increase too.

Travelling as extensively as I do... the take away for me has made me very humble and very sympathetic to other people's plight in the world and very desirous of being proactive in being part of a solution somehow and not part of a problem. It's made me very patient and very grateful for where I live.

I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your broader community. So a lot of my projects are about how I can affect the world in the hundreds of millions.

To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.

I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.

I love individuals who care about what's going on the world and how we can help make it a better place.

I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community and I use the word very loosely. It's a big community. If I get recognized in the middle of the Sinai Desert I have a big community.

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

Everyone can help. We can educate ourselves and our children about other countries and cultures. We have a responsibility to be aware of others and I believe this will inspire the individual way each person can make their difference.

If you young people who today belong to the first generation of the 21st century make an effort now, you may be able to create a happier, more peaceful world. But you can't take for granted that it will happen by itself, you'll need to take action.

If you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it.

I want every young Indigenous girl to think about getting involved in their communities. You're never too young to help with community efforts.

I believe we should utilise any power we have for important issues that are bigger and beyond us. Whether it's with refugees or working to educate kids. I don't think you need to have gone through a civil war to do something. I believe as human beings, we can look out for each other.

I hate seeing it; I hate watching it. More importantly, I hate people that don't understand the environment - how small Ferguson is, how it's really a sense of community, and, you know, it's a good place. We shouldn't have been looting and rioting, tearing up our own city.

I'm about creating positive change in the communities that I come from.

I have become a person who can focus more on love.

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

Our credo says that, in the end, we want to drive positive change in the lives of our stakeholders and communities across the world, enabling them to rise.

We want to inspire everyone to recognize the positive social impact they can have if they choose to become technologists.

I believe that I exist for the people. I'm just here to try to make a difference, and hopefully, the people listen and trust me enough to contribute.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help build the country of our dreams?

We need more people who love humanity and the world, people who want to understand each other.

How can you save the world you have not seen if you can't save the community you have seen?