30 Jacinda Ardern Quotes

Jacinda Ardern has proven again and again that she is a strong, capable world leader in her own right.

Elected as New Zealand's 40th Prime Minister in 2017, Ardern is the youngest woman to assume the position and has brought nothing but positive change to the country since taking her place in the office.

Her progressive, inclusive policies and strong stance when it comes to burgeoning issues like climate change and gender equality have helped New Zealand develop like never before.

People all over the world, especially young women and girls can truly benefit from looking up to Jacinda Ardern as as a strong and positive role model. To celebrate her successful career and unceasing willpower in the face of adversity, we've collected some of her most memorable quotes and sayings from over the years.

Read on to know more about this promising personality.

Jacinda Ardern Quotes About New Zealand and Politics

There's no doubt that Jacinda Ardern loves her country- she is the Prime Minister after all. Let's see what she says about beautiful New Zealand.

"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."

"Capitalism has failed our people. If you have hundreds of thousands of children living in homes without enough to survive, that's a blatant failure. What else could you describe it as?"

“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.”

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

"Change is not a sentiment, although it certainly can start to feel that way in the midst of a campaign. The change we were talking about was meaningful.

It changed people’s lives for the better. It was about decent housing, being able to go to the doctor when you need to, and being able to swim in a river. It was meaningful, material change."

- October 21, 2017, Interview with Lisa Owens, Newshub Nation

"We're looking to ways to build in the responsibility we have on climate change and the way that we approach, potentially, climate change refugees in the future amongst our neighbors."

"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."

"...But as I’ve also said all the way through this campaign, the measure of success to me is not how a financial commentator or an economic commentator from abroad views New Zealand, but how a New Zealander feels about their state of affairs, their hope and chances for the future."

- October 21, 2017, Interview with Lisa Owens, Newshub Nation

“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.”

Motivational Jacinda Ardern Quotes

These quotes by Jacinda Ardern are sure to motivate you to do your best in everything today!

"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."

-2017, Forbes Magazine

"Everything I've ever thought about doing has been, in some sense, about helping people."

"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong."

-2018, NY Times

“To me, leadership is not about necessarily being the loudest in the room, but instead being the bridge or the thing that is missing in the discussion and trying to build a consensus from there.”

-May 12, 2019, NewsHub

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

"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."

Famous Jacinda Ardern Quotes

Here are some of the leader's most popular phrases.

"I don’t think that the next generation should fear just being who they are rather than conforming to an expectation of what they are meant to be."

"If you sit and wait to feel like you are the most confident person in the room, you are probably going to be left by yourself."

" Speak the names of those who were lost rather than the man who took them. He may seek notoriety but we will give him nothing, not even his name."

"This stardust won’t settle, because none of us should settle."

"Everything I've ever thought about doing has been, in some sense, about helping people."

"[A] leader of a party knows their people best."

- October 21, 2017, Interview with Lisa Owens, Newshub Nation

Jacinda Ardern Quotes On Feminism

Being a woman, Jacinda Ardern has always done her best to overcome the prevalent problem of gender inequality. Here is what she says about the matter.

"The fact I’m the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believing my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted."

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

"I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind."

"I hope that she doesn’t feel any limitations. That she doesn’t have any sense of what girls can or can’t do. That it’s just not even a concept for her."

-2019, NEXT Magazine

"I am not the first woman to multitask. I am not the first woman to work and have a baby – there are many women who have done this before."

-2018, TVNZ

"It is a woman's decision about when they choose to have children, and it should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities."

"I credit the women who came before me and credit New Zealanders for welcoming me having a child… positivity outweighed negativity. I’m proud of the nation."

"…for other women, it is totally unacceptable in 2017 to say that women should have to answer that question in the workplace. That is unacceptable in 2017. It is the woman's decision about when they choose to have children."

"Jacinda Ardern: It is 'totally unacceptable' to ask women about baby plans."

- August 2, 2017, Anna Bracewell-Worrall, Newshub