Jacinda Ardern Quotes

Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success, it's failure

The world is so big and life could be fragile, I understood. But not so big that one person can't do something to change it.

If you have impostor syndrome, or question yourself, channel that. It will help you. You will read more, seek out advice, and humble yourself to situations that require humility to be conquered. If you’re anxious, and overthink everything, if you can imagine the worst-case scenario always, channel that too. It will mean you are ready when the most challenging days arrive. And if you are thin-skinned and sensitive, if criticism cuts you in two, that is not weakness; it’s empathy. In fact, all of the traits that you believe are your flaws will come to be your strengths. The things you thought would cripple you will in fact make you stronger, make you better. They will give you a different kind of power, and make you a leader that this world, with all its turmoil, might just need.

You do not have to have personal ambition to be a leader. You do not have to be the loudest person in the room. You can believe in consensus more than you believe in conflict. You can be human. You can feel & show emotion. You can be kind, empathetic, and strong.

One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong.

That the difference between what we are and what we could be is the greatest waste.

If you have impostor syndrome, or question yourself, channel that. It will help you. You will read more, seek out advice, and humble yourself to situations that require humility to be conquered. If you’re anxious, and overthink everything, if you can imagine the worst-case scenario always, channel that too. It will mean you are ready when the most challenging days arrive. And if you are thin-skinned and sensitive, if criticism cuts you in two, that is not weakness; it’s empathy. In fact, all of the traits that you believe are your flaws will come to be your strengths.

We have been strong enough and honest enough with our supporters to make it home and to have not all the cards, but we do have the main cards.

Ardern ordered pizza and opened a good bottle of whisky. Tomorrow they had a lot of work to do: moving offices, beginning the transition to being in power. But that was tomorrow. Tonight, they would celebrate.

Each improvement was celebrated, with Ardern quick to give credit to everyone watching at home.

I still believe that when faced with a choice between hatred and hope, you must choose hope every time.

Back at the Beehive

I knew and believed all the human rights arguments. But that wasn’t what he was asking. How could I be in favor. I could feel my face flushing hot

The world is so big and life could be fragile…but not so big that one person can’t do something to change it.

As I saw it, children are inherently curious and accepting. So what would our world look like if, as adults, we met people with the inclusivity we’re born with, rather than the exclusion we are taught?

The joy of shelter may also contain the pain of loneliness

I wanted to be positive, hopeful, practical. I wanted to talk about not just what could be better but how we could get there. I was determined to get away from the negativity of opposition and campaigns full of attacks. I wanted voters to start thinking not only about what was broken but also about what was possible. And

But it also tells me something else: That every crisis asks clearly and unequivocally for action to be taken. And it will keep asking. Until there is change.

A country doesn’t get a quota. There was no such thing as enough. It was life, and it was full of unspeakable tragedy.