A Different Kind of Power Quotes

“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.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power

“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.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power

“That the difference between what we are and what we could be is the greatest waste.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“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.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“A country doesn’t get a quota. There was no such thing as enough. It was life, and it was full of unspeakable tragedy.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“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.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“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”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“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?”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“The joy of shelter may also contain the pain of loneliness”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power

“The world is so big and life could be fragile…but not so big that one person can’t do something to change it.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power

“Back at the Beehive”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“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”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

“I still believe that when faced with a choice between hatred and hope, you must choose hope every time.”
― Jacinda Ardern, A Different Kind of Power