Advocacy Quotes

I care about advocacy.

— Adam Pearson

“Joyfully we undertake our daily work.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The best advocacy is always storytelling.”

— Willie Parker

All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.

— Samantha Power

art is not advocacy and advocacy is not art.

— Erica Jong

Poverty is not only a lack of money, it's a lack of sense of meaning.

— David Bornstein

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

— Will Rogers

“It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell. Wilbur Storey”

— Harold Holzer

“Advocating well with a personal story is not a call to simply “Insert Story Here.”

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

True advocacy is born from culture, not technology or marketing.

— Jay Baer

“There is an overflowing grace, for every great work.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Society as we know it is almost a conspiracy against human health. One of the main forces working to counteract that is…

— Stewart Udall

You need money to have advocacy in America. People that don't have money don't have advocacy.

— Anohni

I think the reason I've been so committed to advocacy is because I see so many people in pain.

— Olly Alexander

Build with advocacy, follow with influence. Your employees are your biggest brand advocates.

— Jay Baer

“Be an advocate for the people and causes important to you, using the most powerful tool only you have—your personal stories.”

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

I love Larry Kramer's advocacy, and I love him as a person, and I think young people need to see that story.

— Ryan Murphy

I have no idea what I want to do for a career. But in terms of my advocacy work, I'm definitely going…

— Jazz Jennings

We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.

— Peter Senge

“Rule #1: No cut or compromise should be suggested by ANY member of the community. This includes the music coalition, music educators,…

— John Benham

Advocacy of leaf protein as a human food is based on the undisputed fact that forage crops (such as lucerne) give a…

— Norman Pirie

We either have wild places or we don't. We admit the spiritual-emotional validity of wild, beautiful places or we don't. We have…

— Ansel Adams

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues,…

— Hillary Clinton

“a culture that focuses too heavily on solutions becomes a culture of advocacy, dampening inquiry. If you’re always expected to have an…

— Adam M. Grant

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes…

— Charles Garfield

“As helpers, we often feel the need to see our impact in tangible, measurable ways. We allow negative language into our head…

— Jenn Bruer

Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one…

— Abe Fortas

“An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise…

— David Bornstein

When I started doing these advocacy groups, it sort of propelled and compelled me to write songs, because otherwise I wasn't really…

— Thao Nguyen

The image is a great reminder how we create our world through interpretations made up of language and symbols. Our language and…

— Alan Briskin

I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules…

— Michael Chertoff

Organizational Development: The New Christian Right of the 1980s was dominated by paper organizations that were essentially the mailing lists of a…

— Kenneth D. Wald

Taylor Swift's dedication to advocacy at such a young age continues to inspire me, and I'm delighted to honor her as one…

— Kerry Kennedy

“The space between the private and the public is the nexus of the personal and the social, if not political. It’s where…

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

In a very real sense, therefore, advocacy of the doctrine of continuity [i.e evolutionism] has always necessitated on retreat from pure empiricism…

— Michael Denton

“Do all the work you while you still have strength.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”

— Janna Cachola

“If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.”

— John Taliaferro

“We are destroying all esthetic standards in the name of social justice.”

— Harold Bloom

“If something struck your mind, try to have patience to deal with your anxiety issues.”

— Saaif Alam