Determination gets you a long way. Chelsea Clinton More Quotes by Chelsea Clinton More Quotes From Chelsea Clinton My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day. Chelsea Clinton return important world Millennials are often portrayed as apathetic, disinterested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennials I've been privileged to meet and work with. Chelsea Clinton millennials adjectives selfish Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans - people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am. Chelsea Clinton summer country thinking I think that we need women role models everywhere. I think that it's really hard to imagine yourself as something that you don't see. Chelsea Clinton role-models needs thinking I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important. Chelsea Clinton language important thinking We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I can do that, I want to do that, I will do that. Chelsea Clinton girl white thinking Celebrate those who have the courage to be second, because I do think that often there really is this claustrophobic pressure to innovate instead of to adapt. Chelsea Clinton celebrate pressure thinking Patience is a virtue, but impatience gets things done. Chelsea Clinton patience-is-a-virtue impatience done When we look at that jingoism and the sexism and the racism and the homophobia, that's not who we are, and that's not the country that I want my daughter to grow up in. Chelsea Clinton growing-up daughter country Thinking about the world writ large, I am more optimistic than not that we will tackle our most pressing challenges, whether poverty or equality for women and girls or climate change; but I also know we'll only tackle them if people are really informed about the challenge and what's proven to work. Chelsea Clinton optimistic girl thinking I've tried really hard to care about things that were very different from my parents. I was curious if I could care about [money] on some fundamental level, and I couldn't. That wasn't the metric of success I wanted in my life. I've talked about this to my friends who are doctors and whose parents are doctors, or who are lawyers and their parents are lawyers. It's a funny thing to realize I feel called to this work both as a daughter and also as someone who believes I have contributions to make. Chelsea Clinton daughter mother believe I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office. Chelsea Clinton voice office running Even during my father's 1984 gubernatorial campaign, it was, 'Do you want to grow up and be governor one day?' 'No. I am four.' Chelsea Clinton growing-up one-day father Service is an opportunity for young women to really empower themselves. Chelsea Clinton empowering young opportunity Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling. Chelsea Clinton anti-american encounters feelings I can't imagine anything that would make the world look more different than if women and girls were unequivocally enfranchised. Chelsea Clinton girl different looks A tin roof is one of the greatest indicators of prosperity in the developing world. Chelsea Clinton tin prosperity world My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time. Chelsea Clinton independent decision real I was working full time and going to school at night and on the weekends. It was just crazy. At one point a month had gone by, and Marc - my then boyfriend, now husband, and I hadn't gone out on a date. I was like, I don't want to be this person. I want to be a person who cares where she's investing her time and energy. And I want to be a good wife, daughter, and friend. Chelsea Clinton daughter husband mother What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world. Chelsea Clinton community country people
