Greta Thunberg on change
Greta Thunberg41 quotes“We understand that the world is very complex and that change doesn’t happen overnight. But you’ve now had more than three decades of blah blah blah. How many more do you need?”
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To protect, restore and rewild the living world is probably the most effective solution we have at hand to fight both the climate- and ecological emergencies.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg Hope doesn’t come from words. Hope only comes from actions.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg In case you’re still wondering why there’s no real change in sight… We can’t solve a crisis unless we treat it like a crisis.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg People keep doing what they do because the vast majority doesn’t have a clue about the consequences of our everyday life. And they don’t know the rapid changes required.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg All we have to do is to wake up and change.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg Sometimes NOT doing things – like just sitting down outside the parliament – speaks much louder than doing things. Just like a whisper sometimes is louder than shouting.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg The real power belongs to the people.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg I wonder, what will you tell your children was the reason to fail and leave them facing the climate chaos you knowingly brought upon them?
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg We can’t call for climate justice while advocating for policies and phase-out-dates based on targets that exclude aspect of equity and historic emissions.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg The fight for a future doesn’t end here – this is just the beginning.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg We live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things. Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg The time has come to voice our fears and be honest with wider society.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg And in a world where everyone strives to act, think and look the same – being different is truly something to be proud of. that’s why I’m very proud to be austistic.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg There are no climate leaders. The only ones who can change this are you and me. All of us, together.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg Those of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it.
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Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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It’s not easy to see things from the middle, rather than looking down on them from above or up at them from below, or from left to right or right to left: try it, you’ll see that everything changes.
Gilles DeleuzeGilles Deleuze I don’t know if I was as ambitious as to change the world, but I do feel like – the reason why I called the album “Our Version of Events” was that I feel a lot of people are not represented in pop music and popular culture.
Emeli SandeEmeli Sande A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
Robert KennedyRobert Kennedy Forms do change, yet the essence stays the same.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate; instead of which they changed me.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Did I forever change you.
Rhiannon JohannaRhiannon Johanna If you want people to love you for who you are, then you need to love them for who they are without expecting them to change.
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