Ayanna Pressley Quotes

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.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

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

There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed.

I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people.

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.

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.

Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse.

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.

I've spent my entire adult life involved in the community trying to help people live decent lives, working for a strong and secure state of Israel, and making sure that the most vulnerable in our society receive the care that they need.

When things happen socially in our community, as artists, we've got the right to exercise our voices if we choose to, use our powers for good.

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.

Do something to help your community or people around you. That will help you feel more worthwhile and less alone.

I'm doing work in the community.

I've been doing charity work since I'm 20 years old, and now I want to help kids.

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

It's never too early to involve your kids in giving back. And the more hands-on the experiences are, the better.

From my early school days, I was brought up with the belief that we have a duty to use our talents, to volunteer and to make a contribution.

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

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.