I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world. Betty Williams More Quotes by Betty Williams More Quotes From Betty Williams When all else fails, take a vacation. Betty Williams vacationwhen-all-else-failsfailing There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution Betty Williams problemusetalking I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent. ... Right now, I would love to kill George Bush. I don't know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize, because when I see children die, the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life. Betty Williams lifedeathchildren To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it. Betty Williams making-a-differencedifferenceskindness I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough. That's all you have to do. It's no big deal. One act of kindness a day can do it. Betty Williams kindnesstryingworld Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong. Betty Williams nonviolenceweaponsstrong We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives of joy and peace. Betty Williams workhomechildren Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent Betty Williams non-violenceviolentviolence Fear's contagious, but so is courage. Betty Williams contagiouscourage In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue Betty Williams carnagechildrenworld We believe in taking down the barriers, but we also believe in the most energetic reconciliation among peoples by getting them to know each other, talk each other's languages, understand each other's fears and beliefs, getting to know each other physically, philosophically and spiritually. It is much harder to kill your near neighbor than the thousands of unknown and hostile aliens at the other end of a nuclear missile. We have to create a world in which there are no unknown, hostile aliens at the other end of any missiles... Betty Williams nuclear-missilesunderstandingbelieve Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason. Betty Williams often-ispowerfulcompassion The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do. Betty Williams nobel-peace-prizehopefullydone God doesn't start wars. That's the greatest load of nonsense. Mankind starts wars. But then we bless armies to go and kill in God's name. Somebody's got to blow that myth out of the water. Betty Williams armyblowwar We have to create a world in which there are no unknown, hostile aliens at the other end of any missiles, and that is going to take a tremendous amount of sheer hard work. The only force which can break down those barriers is the force of love, the force of truth, soul-force. Betty Williams hard-worksoulworld But without painful experiences, we dont grow Betty Williams painful-experienceswithout-painpainful Governments do not have the answers. Indeed quite the reversal. A lot of times they not only do not have the answers, they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up. Betty Williams our-worldgovernmentchildren I'm so grateful that God allowed me to go through that because it's made me. Betty Williams gratefulgodmade We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful society in which the tragedies we have known are a bad memory and a continuing warning. Betty Williams tragedymemoriespeace We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society. Betty Williams peacefuland-lovejustice
