Leadership Quotes

"Leadership is the courage to lead differently."

"Leaders serve their people."

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

"I shouldn't be up here, you should all be up here."

"I didn't ask for this platform, but I'll use it."

"The world needs young people to lead."

"We are the proof that young people care."

"Leadership means standing up for those who cannot speak—including the voiceless wilderness."

"The voice of the wilderness must become our voice."

"Political leaders have failed to respond adequately to climate science."

"We need governments to regulate emissions effectively."

"Young people are leading the climate movement because adults have failed."

"We need climate leadership from both government and business."

"We need authentic leadership on climate from political figures."

"The most important characteristic of an American is that he does something about the things he does not like, rather than sit and complain."

"The conservation movement is not doing its job if it merely counts the remaining creatures."

"We are agents of ecological renewal or ecological destruction; there is no neutral position."

"In serving your community, you serve all of humanity."

"A true leader lifts others up rather than standing alone at the summit."

"Leadership means bearing the weight of responsibility with grace."

"The people are not in the historical process it is the people who make history."

"The intellectual is an agent of change."

"We must be instruments of history."

"We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims."

"The colonized must become the authors of their own destiny."

"The intellectual has a moral obligation to speak truth to power."

"The bigger your platform, the bigger your responsibility."

"People keep asking me what they can do. But the answer is not to ask me. Demand action from your leaders."

"Our leaders act like children. So someone needs to be the adult in the room."

"The science is clear. The path forward is clear. What's missing is the will."