Jane Goodall Quotes

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

The thing that always strikes me is how much power one person has. Everybody has so much power to help and to change if they just exercise it and get after it.

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.

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

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

I guess one person can make a difference.

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

Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

Make a difference no matter what role you play

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

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.

So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.

When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?'

One person really can make a difference.

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

I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.

When we choose for ourselves, we also choose for others.

They are very different in terms of the solution. Where 'An Inconvenient Truth,' you really need countries to cooperate and sacrifice and figure out a solution, with 'Fed Up' you can leave the theater and you can be empowered that very night by cooking dinner in your very own kitchen.

Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change.

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.

If everyone sweeps before his own front door, then the street is clean.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.

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