John Edgar Wideman Quotes

What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.

That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.

I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.

Things don’t always get better. Sometimes they get worse. The only way things will get better if people make them better.

Every problem we have in this country we created and we can fix it.

I'd like to say that people... people can change anything they want to; and that means everything in the world. Show me any country and there'll be people in it. And it's the people that make the country. People have got to stop pretending they're not on the world... It's time to take that humanity back into the center of the ring and follow that for a time... Think on that. Without people you're nothing.

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

I want to get involved in things that makes a difference in peoples lives and lifts them up. I don't want to be a part of anything that's not inspiring or helpful to the community that I'm serving.

If living by these sets of morals and principles and wanting to help better my land, better my country, my community, my team, my environment and helping the next person help themselves, if that's considered crazy, then I'm a crazy.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.

I never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things - not just VICE, but all of us. In fact, we have to.

I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.

Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place.

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

Seeing Michelle Obama's bright color choices, and how she made people smile and reinforced Obama's platforms of hope and change, was inspiring.

Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.

One person really can make a difference.