Betty White Quotes

A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?

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.

The world doesn’t need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond.

If I'm not doing anything to make a change, then I'm responsible.

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

Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move - and he, in turn, waits for you.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

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 never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things - not just VICE, but all of us. In fact, we have to.

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place.

When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.

We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.

I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

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