Christopher Reeve Quotes

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.

If you want to change this world, this community that we all live in, then get up and do it. And just start something.

You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.

Awareness without action is worthless.

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

Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something.

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive.

Our world demands action, not passivity; actors and not mere spectators.

I don't want to be that person who's looking squarely at the shortcomings in the process right where I sit and then choose to walk away and do nothing.

The world doesn’t need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond.

If I'm not doing anything to make a change, then I'm responsible.

To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

The difference between doing something and not doing something is doing something.

Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.

The real gap is between doing nothing and doing something.

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Most of us are waiting. We're waiting for something interesting to happen. And I think we're going to wait forever if we don't do something more interesting with our lives.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.