Anthony Carmona Quotes

When we make these decisions that we're going to commit ourselves to making a difference in the life of one person every single day, what happens is we actually build a whole generation of citizen leaders.

Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.

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

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

Citizens are not born. They are raised.

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

If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves.

I really believe in sharing my story to improve social behaviors in the nation.

That's my whole motivation in life - to educate people to become better a citizen, better person, better son, and better father.

I just love Ottawa because I was able to develop a lot of things, my own character as a man.

Actual patriotism has to do with loving a place enough to try and improve it.

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.

Improvement begins with I.

If living by these sets of morals and principles and wanting to help better my land, better my country, my community, my team, my environment and helping the next person help themselves, if that's considered crazy, then I'm a crazy.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

I think for anything to change, in the real world, people have got to change on the inside and that's what we want to start, to get people to think and do more themselves and get involved in whatever they want to get involved with.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Sometimes very small investments can release enormous, infinite potential that exists in all of us.

I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.

To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.