Pete Seeger Quotes

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.

I think we - the way to stop anything violent or anything wrong is by really just paying attention to your own circle. You only can help the world by helping the people next to you.

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues.

I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent.

I like many Americans are frustrated by a lot of things in the world and I would like to be a part of the dialogue moving forward to make this a better world for everyone.

We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. Then, maybe we'll achieve a better world.

By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in one community at a time.

I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know.

Ironically enough, why I got into politics is because I came to the conclusion that if you wanted to save the world, which in my mind was through the environment, those elected officials seemed to be the ones who made a lot of the important decisions, if not the most important decisions.

At its very heart, Worldchanging is about using the best of people's new ideas, bringing them together and applying them to the massive problems that we all face.

Neither the writer nor the reader can save the world by themselves. Or escape it entirely.

I want to do something that can support all the people in Korea and the world who see us and are inspired to do their own thing.

By harnessing our teammates' unique skills and passion for giving, our professional networks and partnerships, and our financial resources, we will inspire the dreamers and doers of tomorrow and drive positive, lasting change in our communities across the globe.

There's so many things you can do to make your community and help the world.

Growing up Marley, we wanted anything we put our hands on to be beneficial to the environment and the community.

We've set up groups in schools across North America. They apply and receive a curriculum about different issues facing the world - from environment to health to sustainability. Then, the students take actions from fundraisers to awareness raisers, and some of them even go overseas and volunteer.

I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.

The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

Help, and you will make a huge impact in the life of the street, the town, the country and our planet. If only one out of four of each one hundred of you choose to help on any given day, in any given cause, incredible things will happen in the world you live in.

I've seen young people raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix a problem in their community. I've seen young people raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to dig wells in Africa. I've seen young people pass laws, largely impacting their communities. They do have the power to change the world.

Inform yourself, inform your children, talk to your friends! And let's try to make a better, stonier world than the one we inherited!

Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.