"You are never too small to make a difference. If a few children can get headlines all over the world just by not going to school, imagine what we could all do together if we really wanted to."

"The climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of willpower. Political systems have failed. But human beings have not."

"When you look at history, all the great changes in society have come from the bottom up."

"How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just 'business as usual' and some technical solutions? With today's emissions levels, that budget will be entirely gone in less than 8 1/2 years."

"We are now standing at a crossroads in history. We are failing but we have not yet failed."