The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle.
ADORA SVITAKIt is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
-
-
With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out.
ADORA SVITAK -
No matter your position or place in life.
ADORA SVITAK -
No matter what size you are, it still isn’t good enough.
ADORA SVITAK -
We’re used to the characteristics of social media – participation, connection, instant gratification.
ADORA SVITAK -
It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
ADORA SVITAK -
Our words can have power that we don’t think we have in everyday life.
ADORA SVITAK -
There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.
ADORA SVITAK -
If school is preparation for the real world.
ADORA SVITAK -
Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.
ADORA SVITAK -
The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.
ADORA SVITAK -
It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
ADORA SVITAK -
The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
ADORA SVITAK -
None of my friends don’t have Facebook accounts.
ADORA SVITAK -
Discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
ADORA SVITAK -
My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
ADORA SVITAK -
The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.
ADORA SVITAK -
But where’s the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
ADORA SVITAK -
We’re ignorant of our past.
ADORA SVITAK -
Success on the front of women’s rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances.
ADORA SVITAK -
Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
ADORA SVITAK -
Since the age of four, I’ve been exploring what I can do with the written word.
ADORA SVITAK -
If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.
ADORA SVITAK -
Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
ADORA SVITAK -
I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
ADORA SVITAK -
Since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
ADORA SVITAK -
But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
ADORA SVITAK