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Greta Thunberg

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Quotes by Greta Thunberg

"Our main enemy right now is not our political opponents. Our main enemy is physics. And we cannot make “deals” with physics."

- Greta Thunberg

Awareness

"We can no longer let people in power decide what hope is. Hope is not passive. Hope is not ‘blah blah blah.’ Hope is telling the truth. Hope is taking action. And hope always comes from the people."

- Greta Thunberg

Hope

"When enough people come together, then change will come and we can achieve almost anything."

- Greta Thunberg

Motivation

"Some say that we should not engage in activism, instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?"

- Greta Thunberg

Motivation

"Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible there is no hope."

- Greta Thunberg

Motivation

"We know most politicians don’t want to talk to us. Good, we don’t want to talk to them either. We want them to talk to the scientists instead."

- Greta Thunberg

Motivation

"You are never too small to make a difference."

- Greta Thunberg

Empowerment

"“I have learned you are never too small to make a difference.”"

- Greta Thunberg

Empowerment

"All we have to do is to wake up and change."

- Greta Thunberg

Change

"We can’t save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change—and it has to start today."

- Greta Thunberg

Change

"If solutions within this system are so impossible to find then maybe we should change the system itself."

- Greta Thunberg

Change

"Giving up cannot be an option."

- Greta Thunberg

Determination

"I don't really think about other people's opinions or expectations. The only ones I have are that of myself, to improve and get better."

- Greta Thunberg

Self-improvement

"Today we use 100 million barrels of oil every single day. There are no politics to change that. There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground. We can’t save the world by playing by the rules. The rules have to be changed."

- Greta Thunberg

Environment