Anne Wojcicki Quotes

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

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

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.

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

In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents.

People need to believe they can make a difference - that one person standing strong can turn the tide.

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

I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point.

One guy cannot create a field, but one person can get others thinking.

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

The goal of Can't Do Nothing is to ask people, what matters for you? And whatever it is, what are you doing about it? How bad does it need to get before you take action?

A lot of those young folks look up to me in the city of Houston. I give hope and inspiration and try to change people's lives for the better in the city of Houston.

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.

Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.

I guess one person can make a difference.

Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?

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.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

I feel like it's actually everybody's responsibility to use whatever platform they have to do good in the world, basically, and to try to make our society better, whether you're an accountant or an activist or an athlete or whatever it is. I think it's everybody's responsibility.

Can a person be inspirational? Does a person have global sensibility? That's the hardest thing to find.

If you think you are beaten you are, if you think you dare not, you don't. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it is almost certain you won't.

The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.