Maxine Waters Quotes

We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

The one thing I witnessed over and over were these pretty young people who would throw themselves into a cause larger than themselves and believe they could change the world.

I had never thought of hosting, but a really good friend of mine said, 'This is the most empowered platform to speak to young people about the issues that you care about, which is why you're in this in the first place.' So I was like, 'Yeah, no, it makes perfect sense.' And so that's what I started doing.

I've been so impressed with the kinds of thoughtful questions that I've gotten from young people, from Girl Scouts, from teenagers.

I don't think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didn't achieve that much even at that time. You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.

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

The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.

Both EarthEcho and Seventh Generation understand that young people have the power to change the world - one home, one school and one community at a time.

I want to inspire people.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.

There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

A relationship with young people is very important to me. It's important to have a sense of what's going on in their world and not just in my own. So the opportunity teaching provides is a gift.

Political movements always belong to the young.

Transformed people transform people.

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

My grandfather raised me believing in the power of youth to change the world.

I give talks to theater arts departments, and I don't know what I'll say. I don't plan a thing. It's just the energy of these young people. They're the next generation, and what they have is very representative of how I felt when I was 19 or 20 or so. I'm really happy to be with them.

Trust the young. Young people have a lot to contribute, but generation after generation, those who reach power protect that power rather than teach others how to attain it. I resolved that if I ever became successful, I would trust the young.

I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.

I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.

If you don't like what's going on, you have to get involved.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.