Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

Even if people just change two or three things that they are able to sustain over time, it makes quite a difference eventually.

People think that you have to do something huge, like go to Africa and build a school, but you can make a small change in a day. If you change Wednesday, then you change Thursday. Pretty soon it's a week, then a month, then a year. It's bite-size, as opposed to feeling like you have to turn your life inside out to make changes.

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

Be assured that our individual actions, collectively, make a huge difference.

Make a difference no matter what role you play

People don't believe that their actions really and truly are going to make a difference. But kids get it. They know. And they get all excited about the difference they're making.

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

The little things amount to big things.

If you do something every day a little, the end is going to be big.

There is no point in going into a business unless you can make a radical difference in other people’s lives.

I know that it is not enough to be remembered for books and theories. One does not make a difference unless it is a difference in people's lives.

Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.

The proverbe saith that many a smale maketh a grate.

No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we will find the small things that we can do to create a sustainable future and a healthy environment.

Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to change. Care enough to win.

It's not about one person doing one big thing ... It's about a lot of people doing small things that really make the difference.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

There's always an opportunity to make a difference

Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.

One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

It is so important not to let ourselves off the hook or to become apathetic or cynical by telling ourselves that nothing works or makes a difference. Every day, light your small candle.... The inaction and actions of many human beings over a long time contributed to the crises our children face, and it is the action and struggle of many human beings over time that will solve them-with God's help. So every day, light your small candle.

I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference.