Maurice Strong Quotes

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

It is not one government or another that can solve all of the problems. It's you.

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help.

It takes time for people to understand how, as an individual, I can have an impact on the way that society works.

Most of the time we do nothing, myself included, I think the lesson I learned from [playing humanitarian Tessa in The Constant Gardner] is that a lot of drops make up an ocean. If people would stand up and say what they believe in maybe we can make a difference. Helping one person is better than nothing. Just do something.

It's in your hands to make the world a better place.

The cumulative effect of each person making a change in his or her own life will make a difference.

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

I got the wake-up call that no one is policing our oceans. I wondered, how can I do anything? What really can I do to make things better? There are some perks to being a celebrity. My job is to be funny once in a while, but it's my responsibility to make good use of it.

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.

Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.

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

I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.

One man can make a difference and every man should try.

Don't let it happen when the time comes, that you will be blamed by the next generation because you did nothing. Don't allow yourself to just stay at the side, clap your hands, smile, and wave your as we create history. i hope you can join in creating history.

I believe that young kids have agency and can make a difference in the world.

No matter what government does or does not do, people need to remember the power is in their hands to make their small part of the world better. Set a tone of kindness.

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.

There's so many things you can do to make your community and help the world.

Small acts by millions of people - imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they're likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they're likely to demand that from their leadership.

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.

I always go back to the fact that one man can make a difference. No matter what the issue, we always have the power to change it.