Michael Skolnik Quotes

“I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.”

— Michael Skolnik

I just try to walk the walk. I try to live every day with the utmost honesty and integrity to myself and the people around me.

— Michael Skolnik

“I think leading by example is important, as I know the next generation is watching us.”

— Michael Skolnik

My grandmother taught me two very important lessons before she passed: hold the door for everyone and always say "thank you." That means to treat everyone the same, no matter if it is the President or a homeless mother begging for food. And never forget to thank those who have helped you, whether it is the person serving you food at a restaurant or your third-grade teacher who taught you the multiplication tables.

— Michael Skolnik

“Do ballet and play football. Sing and dance. Laugh and cry.”

— Michael Skolnik

Go to countries where you don't speak the language. Eat food that looks like you may not like it. Read all of the holy books.

— Michael Skolnik

“I know our kids will be OK, as long as they listen more to their mother than to me!”

— Michael Skolnik

We must change the culture of politics first.

— Michael Skolnik

“I will go to my grave wishing that I did more. Wishing that I didn't sleep as much. Wishing that I didn't waste so much time. Wishing that I fought harder.”

— Michael Skolnik

“I believe that it is my job to fight for the rights of others to have the same rights that I take for granted. As a white, American male, I have had it quite good. I recognize that and fight every day for everyone to have the same opportunities that I have had.”

— Michael Skolnik

Let us not aspire to four-year goals but rather forty-year goals.

— Michael Skolnik

“When a young person is not eating three meals a day but still getting perfect grades at school, or when a young person deals with trauma at a young age yet still makes it to college, these are the things that inspire me.”

— Michael Skolnik

I have been so damn lucky to be able to do what I love my entire life. I never take that for granted.

— Michael Skolnik

“I am certainly vulnerable when I sit down with parents who have lost their children to gun violence. The emotion that they experience is so foreign to me that I find it very hard to say the right things.”

— Michael Skolnik

“Fighting for social justice is not about leaving the mainstream. It is about being right in the middle of it.”

— Michael Skolnik

“I wanted to tell stories about people who didn't have the chance to tell their own.”

— Michael Skolnik

“Stop the bullsh*t. Stop drawing lines in the sand like previous generations [have done].”

— Michael Skolnik

We can live nuanced, complicated, exciting lives with no reason for limitation.

— Michael Skolnik

I think we have the potential to connect the world in a way that can save hundred of millions of lives. That should be our goal.

— Michael Skolnik

I don't focus on the results. Put my head down, put my hoodie up, and do the work.

— Michael Skolnik