Allen C. Guelzo Quotes

History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes.

Making history does not necessarily change history.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Let’s make history.

One vote, one act or one person can change the course of history. I also thought of the lawyers who daily and tirelessly labor in the vineyards of justice - men and women who represent their clients with integrity, ethics and professionalism, and who think nothing of it as that is what lawyers do. Yet, often these individuals are the very people who change the world.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person. But I do use the platforms I have to make a difference in the world. Anyone who has a position where they can make a difference should use it.

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.

Never doubt that one person can make a difference.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.

I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point.

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

We must be proud of not being needles and threads in the hands of fate as it sews the motley cloth of history.... We know that this cloth is not sewn without us.... And that is not all. We can change the pattern of the carpet.

This is a turning point in human history.

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

History is full of opportunistic moments when taking action could have made a difference.

In order to make the changes work, the majority of members of society that has entered into the changes must wake up every morning with a feeling of the great historical moment, with the feeling of something big and extraordinary.

2011 is one of those years that historians are likely to look back on as a 'hinge.' And the truth, at once frightening and exhilarating, is that we don't know yet which way the door will swing.

I guess I don't really feel like I have that much power to influence that many people.

You never know. One point can make a difference in the end.

Everything changed after 'Lean On.'

We've witnessed history in the making.

Men make history, not the other way around.