Jane Roberts Quotes

One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.

I know, ultimately, I want to help effect change; otherwise, I would look at myself in the mirror every day and think, 'What in the world am I doing with my life?'

I just want to do something that I feel makes a difference.

Being able to change the world and change hearts and minds - it's uplifting.

Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

And if I can take part in it by transforming my own consciousness, then someone else's, I'm happy to do it.

I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference.

Changing the world is not easy, but its pursuit will change you profoundly.

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

Can art change the world? Maybe... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me.

I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we're living, and to try to make it better. I can't feel that I'm making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.

It sounds corny, but I wanted to be the change I wanted to see in the world. I used to have that on my notebook in school.

When we make these decisions that we're going to commit ourselves to making a difference in the life of one person every single day, what happens is we actually build a whole generation of citizen leaders.

I care about how many people's lives I've positively impacted. That's the unit of measurement I measure myself by.

I'm a big believer that if you want things to change you have to embody that change.

Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?

I hope I just keep continuing to inspire a lot of people and trying to make a change in this world.

I believe that every single person was brought into this world for a purpose and that we should never leave the world as we found it, we should always strive to make a positive change.

Change happens at the level of the individual

We have to look in the mirror first. What are we doing? How can we make a change? It always starts with looking in the mirror. Every individual can. Every individual can make a difference either by proactively doing something positive or by doing nothing. That's a decision, too.

You get to the point where you realize that unless you, yourself, become more of the change, you can't create too much change.