Peter Marshall Quotes

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Forget being an actor-director: we, as citizens, have the responsibility to make the country a better place. And that doesn't mean advertising other people's agendas; it means looking at what is wrong and making it right.

A person has already made the effort once they open a paper or turn on the news. They want to know what's going on in the world around them. That, in itself, shows they care. But the problem is, most people say, 'That's terrible,' and then move on. Because they find it too difficult to look at.

If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.

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.

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.

What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your broader community. So a lot of my projects are about how I can affect the world in the hundreds of millions.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.

Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes.

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

I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account.

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.

Passion and standing up for things can help create a sense of unity. But you still have to act a certain way.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

I think we - the way to stop anything violent or anything wrong is by really just paying attention to your own circle. You only can help the world by helping the people next to you.