Jane Goodall Quotes

Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

The ultimate solution is not in the hands of the government. The solution falls on each and every individual, with guidance from family, friends and community. The #1 responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow. This is of greater importance than working on changing the government; that is secondary to promoting a virtuous society. If we can achieve this, then the government will change.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

Ordinary people can bring about change.

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.

I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.

There are many ways of encouraging people to make life better other than joining a political party. Politics with a small 'p' isn't just about darkened committee rooms, endless meetings - it is about giving people the right to make decisions about our lives.

Most politicians will not stick their necks out unless they sense grass-roots support ... neither you nor I should expect someone else to take our responsibility.

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

We can't sit around waiting for big government, big business, big religion etc. to save us. We need to get informed and take inspired action.

Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.

Our future is in our hands and we must stop looking to politicians to fix matters - they can't.

When you've wised up enough, there is a very clear conclusion that you have to reach after a while, which is, at the end of the day, it is really impossible for one person to make a difference.

No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

Too many of us seem far too fond of narratives of our powerlessness, maybe because powerlessness lets us off the hook... But we don't need everyone on board; we don't need one magic person in office; we need ourselves. To act. It's the wind, not the weathervanes.

The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act.

I guess one person can make a difference.

I'd like to say that people... people can change anything they want to; and that means everything in the world. Show me any country and there'll be people in it. And it's the people that make the country. People have got to stop pretending they're not on the world... It's time to take that humanity back into the center of the ring and follow that for a time... Think on that. Without people you're nothing.

We the people are the change makers.

Each person can make their difference.

Those that just talk are also the ones that say, 'Why don't they do this?' and 'Why don't they do that?' Well, they're they. We're all they, and we can all do a little something.

I have spoken about what we can do as citizens, what we can do as a responsive citizenry, and this is where we have to shatter our complacency and become "active souls,"and be prepared to engage in aware - that personal struggle between our grief and our sorrow. But I don't think we have any choice.