Kofi Annan Quotes

Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. If, however, they are left on society's margins, all of us will be impoverished. Let us ensure that all young people have every opportunity to participate fully in the lives of their societies.

Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

We need young people to be involved, and we have to expect that young people are going to be impatient, they don't want to wait, and they've got new ideas and new ways of looking at problems.

I think being able to identify with young people and...their capacity to change the world and shake things up. I think that's the greatest strength.

I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.

The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of the societies in which they live. And since its inception in 1948, AIESEC has contributed to this development by serving as an agent of positive change trough education and cultural exchange.

It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.

We need to harness the boundless energy and creativity of our youth.

Young people are going to go to someone, somewhere. And we had better see that that 'someone' is us.

Hundreds and thousands of young people around the world can break through and can make this a better world for all living things. Once young people know the problems and are empowered to act, they have great power to impact the world.

Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.

Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies, programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their futures and ours.

Youth is the ultimate limited resource.

Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.

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.

The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible.

We have to let young people know that we care about them and their future. I want to involve them to a level where they become the leaders and the advocates because, right now, a lot of these young people don't believe they have an advocate.

Our Party attaches great importance to the work with young people and firmly believes in them.

Empowering the youth is our responsibility, and the youth will be empowered with more investment on them.

We should entrust our young people with a voice to express their views on what their futures should look like.

The young people are the most active and vital force in society. They are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. This is especially so in the era of socialism.

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.

Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positive impact on the world.

A more just world is possible. In most of the global issues, and also in so many of the development issues I'm involved in in our region, the young people that I am working with are seizing the tools at their disposal and trying to use them well, for issues far larger than their immediate personal benefit and concerns. That's what gives me hope.