My Top 10 Quotes from Margaret Mead

Published by mantistm at August 28, 2017

My Top 10 Quotes from Margaret Mead for your inspiration.

Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. (source -Wikipedia)

Here is my selection of her quotes I considered my top 10 best.

1. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

2. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

3. If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

4. Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn’t burn up any fossil fuel, doesn’t pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

5. I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

6. We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.

7. Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.

8. I learned the value of hard work by working hard

9. We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment

10. We are continueally faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems

_ Margaret Mead