Maya Moore Quotes

Our communities are strong because local leaders and active citizens listen and learn from the people they serve.

Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.

People should look at the government as 'us,' not as 'them' and not in terror.

My theory is this: Rather than having commentaries from the cheap seats, get involved and see what you can do. What can you do around your own community, within your own family, to try to improve race relations in our country? I think this is a responsibility that we all have as citizens.

We believe... that by encouraging critical thinking and processing of knowledge we are creating full, well-rounded human beings... that will enable Qatar to build up its society. You cannot build a healthy society without giving your citizens a sense of ownership. Otherwise, they will not share with you the responsibilities.

It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is... find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group.

In order for critical pedagogy, dialogue, and thought to have real effects, they must advocate the message that all citizens, old and young, are equally entitled, if not equally empowered, to shape the society in which they live.

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

I want to make films that make a difference. I want to be out and hope that that will make things better for gay people and for myself. I hope one day I can start to make the kind of projects or be involved with kind of projects that can really make a difference.

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.

Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can.

A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.

When we empower our communities, we are all better off.

We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

I am determined to be a first class citizen.

There is no one left to fix the nation, none but all of us.

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

For me, governing starts with people. It doesn't start with bureaucracy. It doesn't start with policy. It starts with people and what people need to thrive.

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

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

Regardless of who is elected president in 2016, we all still live together. Each of us has a different role to play, but we all have to hold the collective space for movement-building together. It's the only way we move forward.

My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.

Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.

Arianna Huffington is one of the greatest champions of this idea - that anyone can make a difference.

If I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people.