Jane Goodall Quotes

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

Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth.

It is people who are important, not the masses.

People can make a real difference. One person at a time, one job at a time, one life at a time.

An individual can march for peace or vote for peace and can have, perhaps, some small influence on global concerns. But the same individual is a giant in the eyes of a child at home. If peace is to be built, it must start with the individual. It is built brick by brick.

I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject.

People need to believe they can make a difference - that one person standing strong can turn the tide.

The destiny of our society is yours to make and you have a vastly greater importance to the world than we do.

Now, everybody always says there's no 'I' in team, but there is an 'I' in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team. So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.

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

As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'

Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

I guess one person can make a difference.

Individuals by themselves can make a difference. And by making a difference, you can improve the world.

As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will have-something inside that is unique to all time.

You have not been called to change the world, but you have been called to change something.

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.

Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.

I’ve learned that if you can’t get it all together to accomplish this thing called peace, you do at least your part in your life, because that’s where you can truly make an immediate difference.

The minute we decide that one person doesn´t matter anymore, they´ve won.

I've always maintained that it isn't the form that's going to make the difference. It isn't the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it's human beings that will make it.

It is up to each of us to search for and build upon the gifts which God has given. We must remember that each of us is made in the image of God, that there are no unimportant persons. Everyone matters to God and to his fellowmen.

There are of course people who are more important than others in that they have more importance in the world but this is not essential and it ceases to be. I have no sense of difference in this respect because every human being comprises the combination form.