Quotes About Advocacy

I assumed that, if I put my head down and did great work, what I deserved would come to me. What you deserve will not come to you. It is only in advocating for yourself that you will receive what you deserve.

People are scared to take a stand. If you do take a stand you receive backlash.

Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.

In 2013, after a challenging two years of long-term IV antibiotics and six weeks at a clinic in florida, I received the 'Star Light' award from the Lyme Research Alliance for my advocacy and strength to light the way of Lyme disease awareness.

Regardless of how much media coverage will be received, talking and raising awareness about social injustice isn't enough.

I read recently that someone set up a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots in America. The idea being that if something robotic can have responsibilities then it should also have rights.

Unless I move to a desert island with poor reception, I'll never stop speaking out!

I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient.

It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.

Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of dementia.

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.

I can tell you first hand - being able to marry the person I love and to live in countries where my marriage is recognized - probably saved my life.

Imagine the day when girls everywhere won't have to fight for the right to be recognized for their great work or their contributions to society.

Committed and loving gay and lesbian couples deserve to have their love, their relationships, and their families recognized like everyone else.

They're hard workers, they're really smart but they're not very good about marching into their boss's offices and saying 'I need a raise!... Women tend to have the attitude that, 'if I put my head down, I work really hard, I'll get recognized.'

I have had the privilege of working closely with some of the greatest women in this country. The idea that their contributions would not be recognized at the same level as a male colleague is abhorrent to me. I will do everything in my power to help right this wrong, and finally achieve pay parity in America.

I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.

For the record, I am gay.

I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in.

And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.

My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.

Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.

The kids are always so passionate. I feel like they are our protectors. They care so much about recycling and climate change.

My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.