Jacinda Ardern Quotes

Jacinda Ardern

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 26, 1980

The thing that drives people more often than not is they genuinely feel that they can make a difference. So that means there are nice people in politics.

Jacinda Ardern

Never feel like you have to tick all of the boxes on everything to be able to feel like you can do a job. I have heard it said many times before, and it is so true.

Jacinda Ardern

Yes, we believe in globalization and trade, but we also believe in you being able to benefit from that more. For too long, we progressives have seemed like part of the system. We need to start thinking about whether or not it's delivering for us now.

Jacinda Ardern

Issues like obesity do, as you well know, have a knock-on effect to diabetes. So we all are better off if we invest early in prevention.

Jacinda Ardern

I never, ever grew up as a young woman believing that my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.

Jacinda Ardern

We aspire to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better New Zealand.

Jacinda Ardern

You can't ask other people to believe you and vote for you if you don't back yourself.

Jacinda Ardern

There's probably a tendency to view power... to be either based on size or the size and power of your economy. I think New Zealand's strength has always been using our voice on the issues that matter, and we've been consistent on it. There is power in that.

Jacinda Ardern

I hope for little girls and boys that there is a future where they can make choices about how they raise their family and what sort of career they have, which is based on what they want and what makes them happy.

Jacinda Ardern

The wonderful police officers who spend time with me I don't think appreciate that, but I do still drive. I do still cook: not often, but just last week, I really felt like making one of my mum's old recipes - so I did. I do still go to our local department store to buy things like maternity jeans that no one else can really do for me.

Jacinda Ardern

I worked as long in a fish and chip shop as I did in Parliament. I've had particular experiences in politics, but they're not my only ones, and they're not the ones that defined me.

Jacinda Ardern

One of the things I'm so determined to preserve and restore is the fact that you can be the kid who was born in Dinsdale and find yourself working for the British government in the U.K., to being prime minister.

Jacinda Ardern

I have already been a big believer in a model of nurse/family partnerships: the idea of having - for those mums that might benefit from a bit of extra support - having those visits scaled up a bit. I believed in it before; I absolutely believe in it now. So that is probably one of the things that affirmed something I already supported.

Jacinda Ardern

The most difficult thing for us to do is to mitigate and offset our agricultural emissions. If we find a way to do that, then we're showing other countries how to do it, too.

Jacinda Ardern

How great it would be for us all to have the pride of knowing that we, as a country, are one of the best countries to be a child.

Jacinda Ardern

We know we've got a problem attracting to certain areas because of the cost of living, so we're thinking about things from how do we ensure key workers have accessible and affordable housing; also, how do we attract people into teaching as well.

Jacinda Ardern

I do find it slightly offensive that everyone thinks that every New Zealander starred in either 'Lord of the Rings' or 'The Hobbit.'

Jacinda Ardern

I have a collection of ukuleles. I meant to graduate to the guitar, but I never did.

Jacinda Ardern

When you're a bit of an anxious person, and you constantly worry about things, there comes a point where certain jobs are just really bad for you.

Jacinda Ardern

Ultimately, I do want us to be a transformative government. I want, when we've left, for people to say we're not just clean-green anymore: we're carbon neutral, or we're striving to be.

Jacinda Ardern