35 Pretty Awesome Margaret Mead Quotes & Sayings
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need.
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves
You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.
Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone.
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.
We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For indeed that's all who ever have.
It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings.
Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ~Margaret Mead
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out of school.
I learned to observe the world around me, and to note what I saw
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
Women have an important contribution to make.
There is no reason to think a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens cannot change the world; Indeed, that's the only thing that ever has.
