Benjamin Spock Quotes

Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

I want society to feel they are part of a process of change.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

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.

If you young people who today belong to the first generation of the 21st century make an effort now, you may be able to create a happier, more peaceful world. But you can't take for granted that it will happen by itself, you'll need to take action.

We are the people and America is really nothing without the people. We have to take control and we have realize as young people that this is our future. We have to live here and this where we'll one day raise our own children.

As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.

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

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

We can't expect the world to get better by itself. We have to create something we can leave the next generation.

There are enough people who are starting to be actively involved that we can turn things around. And we need to encourage others to become involved.

A more just world is possible. In most of the global issues, and also in so many of the development issues I'm involved in in our region, the young people that I am working with are seizing the tools at their disposal and trying to use them well, for issues far larger than their immediate personal benefit and concerns. That's what gives me hope.

I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That's the important thing.

DoSomething.org believes you don't have to wait to be Bono or Bill Gates to make a difference. Teens are super creative and passionate. We're unlocking that power by leveraging pop culture and communications technologies to get kids to do great stuff offline.

Most people try to make a better world for our children when what they should be doing is making better children for our world.

I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world.

We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. Then, maybe we'll achieve a better world.

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

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

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

If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.