Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Urgency Quotes
ActionImplementationKnowledgeUrgencyWillingness I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
AwarenessConservationEnvironmentResponsibilityUrgency Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
DeedsExistenceSelf-DiscoveryTimeUrgency Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.
Climate ChangeEnergy AlternativesResource ManagementUrgency It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere.
MotivationProcrastinationProductivityTime ManagementUrgency Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.
AdvocacyGlobal AttentionInformationUrgency My first big mission for UNICEF in Ethiopia was just to attract attention, before it was too late, to conditions which threatened the whole country. My role was to inform the world, to make sure that the people of Ethiopia were not forgotten.
AwarenessBiodiversityEnvironmental ConservationPublic HealthUrgency I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides.
Climate ChangeConsequenceDelayed ImpactUrgency By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.
Climate ChangeEnvironmental ResponsibilityGlobal PriorityUrgency Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.
Climate ActionEnvironmental ResponsibilityFuture GenerationsUnityUrgency This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
CreativityEmotionIdentityMusicUrgency My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.
SalvationTimeUrgency The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation... But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.
ActionEnvironmentalismResponsibilityUrgencyYouth People tell me that they are so hopeful when they see me and other children 'school-striking,' and they say, 'Oh the children are going to save us.' But no, we aren't. We are too young to be able to do that. We don't have time to wait for us to grow up and fix this in the future.
DevelopmentEnergyProblemSolutionUrgency The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
InnovationResponsibilitySpace ExplorationSurvivalUrgency It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.