Jane Goodall Quotes

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

There is the story in every man's heart of human progress. I believe every one of us knows that his major job on Earth is to make some contributions, no matter how small, to this inexorable movement of human progress.

When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?

My life carries its own meaning in itself.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

You may look back on your life and accept it as good or evil. But it is far, far harder to admit that you have been completely unimportant; that in the great sum of things, all a man's endless grapplings are no more significant than the scuttlings of a cockroach.

I feel like I'm not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?

Every man's story is important, eternal and sacred. That is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous and worthy of every consideration.

We have to believe that every person counts, counts as a creative force that can move mountains.

Someone is spending their life and their passion and their ingenuity on something that's seemingly potentially trite. But it's what they're doing, and it's what's important to them and what's beautiful to them.

I think we all have a role to play in life.

It's really not a question of how long you have on this earth; it's about what you do with it.

Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.

It is people who are important, not the masses.

No human on God's earth is a nobody.

You are not just here to fill space or be a background character in someone else's movie. Consider this: nothing would be the same if you did not exist. Every place you have ever been and everyone you have ever spoken to would be different without you. We are all connected, and we are all affected by the decisions and even the existence of those around us.

If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

Every person needs to feel significant. We want our lives to count. We yearn to believe that in some way we are important and that hunger for significance-a drive as intense as our need for oxygen-doesn't come from pride or ego. It comes from God because he wants each of us to understand how important we are. ... We must seek our roots, our origin, and our destiny so that we can know our present value. ..... ...We can help each other realize that we are persons of significance being made in the image of God.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

I'm hoping what all sentient beings hope ... that somehow I'm part of something larger than myself, in which I play a role, an actual role that is somehow intended and meaningful.

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.

You will begin to see your life as an opportunity to share the special gift you alone can bestow upon the world.

Living is worthwhile if one can contribute in some small way to this endless chain of progress.

I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.

Life takes on the meaning that you give it.