Hill Harper Quotes

Social change comes through people.

If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard, and some people think it's boring.

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.

You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.

Real change occurs from the bottom up; it occurs person to person, and it almost always occurs in small groups and locales and then bubbles up and aggregates to larger vectors of change.

The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field.

When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?

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

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

The electoral system is not where change starts - it usually starts in communities and from the bottom up - but it is where change can be stopped.

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

There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact.

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

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 love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

Change is not in the hands of government, not in the hands of a leader or guru, and not in the hands of the powerful or wealthy. It is in our hands: the hands of each and every one of us.

Change never comes from the White House. It comes from your house and my house.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

Most important about what Ashoka is doing is that they make people believe that change is possible. That belief can go viral.

I can't save the world, but if I can share some ideas, people might be able to save themselves.

No matter how many shows or how much work we do, we are not going to make a difference. It's only the masses that will make a difference.