David Miliband Quotes

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

I just do what I can do to be one of the people who make a difference.

At the end of the day the question comes, what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something that's going to add something positive.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

You do only live once, and I feel like if I'm able to make a difference on this planet and leave it just a little better than I found it, then I've done my job.

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

What I keep going back to, and what keeps me going, is trying to do good in whatever little spot of the world we can influence, no matter how small.

Just like so many other people out there, I don't want to sit on the sidelines, I want to do the most that I can to help.

I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.

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

I'm just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I'm helping people or people are being helped by the virtue of what we're doing, then that's just a really nice added extra.

A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'

I try to focus moment to moment on being an aware, responsible, contributive member of society. You see trash on the ground, pick it up!

I could make a difference.

Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

I believe in having an impact in doing things.

I want to make a difference.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.

I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life.