Greta Thunberg Quotes

“You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“You lied to us. You gave us false hope. You told us that the future was something to look forward to. And the saddest thing is that most children are not even aware of the fate that awaits us. We will not understand it until it’s too late. And yet we are the lucky ones. Those who will be affected the hardest are already suffering the consequences. But their voices are not heard.
Is my microphone on? Can you hear me?”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“The real power belongs to the people.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“...But it is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of a few.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“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.
Where celebrities, film and pop stars who have stood up against all injustices will not stand up for our environment and for climate justice because that would inflict on their right to fly around the world visiting their favourite restaurants, beaches and yoga retreats.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“So 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. So everyone out there: it is now time for civil disobedience. It is time to rebel.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“We have not taken to the streets for you to take selfies with us, and tell us that you really admire what we do.
We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“Young activists like Greta Thunberg are fighting for the Earth’s survival but what use is this planet if it continues to be nurtured by the blood of the innocent and prosper through others’ misfortunes? Save the trees, the oceans and the skies, save the planet but do not forget to save its soul.”
― Aysha Taryam

“Those of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“So 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.
So everyone out there: it is now time for civil disobedience.
It is time to rebel.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“Polvere sei e in polvere ritornerai, diciamo.
Tutto ciò che una volta ha avuto vita riposerà nella terra, diciamo.
Poi qualcuno ha scoperto un sacco di petrolio e il riposo della terra è finito. Abbiamo creato una società costruita sull'idea di dissotterrare i resti fossili della vita per poi, appena possibile, bruciarli nell'atmosfera altamente sensibile del pianeta.”
― Malena Ernman, Scener ur hjärtat

“You need to listen to us, we who cannot vote.
You need to vote for us, for your children and grandchildren.
What we are doing now can soon no longer be undone.
In this election, you vote for the future living conditions of humankind.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“The concept of climate refugees is mostly a deliberate exaggeration, designed to turn fear of refugees into fear of climate change, and so build a much wider base of public support for lowering CO2 emissions.”
― Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

“We are Homo sapiens sapiens. Of the family Hominidae. Of the order Primates. Of the class Mammalia. Of the kingdom Animalia. We are a part of nature. We are social animals. We are naturally drawn to our leaders.”
― Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“There’s a direct association between machismo and the refusal to recognize and respond appropriately to the climate catastrophe. It’s a result of versions of masculinity in which selfishness and indifference – individualism taken to its extremes – are defining characteristics, and therefore caring and acting for the collective good is their antithesis.”
― Rebecca Solnit