56 Quotes by Betty Williams

They kept telling us they needed office supplies, so we just started doing that instead. Over the years, we stopped doing the repairs at all.

I feel a women's role has got to be a gentle role and perhaps if we can do it correctly, the men would like to follow us, or walk beside us. Not to follow -- but walk beside.

There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution.

Fear’s contagious, but so is courage.

I’m so grateful that God allowed me to go through that because it’s made me.

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.

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.

Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent.

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.