Jane Goodall Quotes

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

We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people take extraordinary action. To be a miracle doesn't mean you have to tackle problems across the globe. It means making a difference in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, community.

I guess one person can make a difference.

We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if we buy the things that are ethical for us to buy and don't buy the things that are not, we can change the world overnight.

Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.

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.

One man can make a difference and every man should try.

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.

One person of integrity can make a difference.

We have to look in the mirror first. What are we doing? How can we make a change? It always starts with looking in the mirror. Every individual can. Every individual can make a difference either by proactively doing something positive or by doing nothing. That's a decision, too.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.

Please, put aside all excuses and ask yourself, "What should I be doing?" Yes, you alone can make a difference. The question is, will you?

A single, ordinary person still can make a difference - and single, ordinary people are doing precisely that every day.

If we begin to stop spewing the negative and really move into using our voices and our pens and our abilities that we have to reach millions of people to the positive, we can make a difference in the world.

Make a difference no matter what role you play

The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.

Each of us has a responsibility for the sustainability of our planet and each of us can make a difference if we choose to do so.

One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution.

If you make the choice to just go with the flow, that is a choice to make a difference in a negative way.

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.

Each person entering our world brings either a contribution or destruction.

It's essential that we understand that taking care of the planet will be done as we take care of ourselves. You know that you can't really make much of a difference in things until you change yourself.