Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

For me, the difference between an 'ordinary' and an 'extraordinary' person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

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

Growing up with my father's legacy, we never felt that we had to do anything, but we were always raised to think: What could be better than to explore the wonders of the world and share that with people? To try and make the world a better place. And I guess it stuck.

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

A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

We are serious as a heart attack about making the world a better place.

I would like to leave the world a better place than when I entered it. I would hope that by the time I die I could have learned from the years of living and hand something down.

Ossie Davis was a man with great integrity, great honor and someone who I feel has done us all a great service just by being on the Earth.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an immortal leader of humanity and a peerless servant of God.

I think that if everybody committed themselves to making a better world than how we found it, things would be much better than what they are.

I'm a teacher and a philosopher by nature... In the end, I'm trying to teach people to live a better life. And if I can do that on top of entertain, then I leave the world a better place.

I think that it's a good thing that you want to be part of making the world a better place, including between nine and five.

You'd like to leave the world a better place than it was before.

The determination I have to try to continue Steve's work and make the world a better place is so important.

Martin Luther King's legacy is never to be measured by bricks and mortar, but rather by the kind of lives that we live, and the kind of love and service that we render.

My religion is truth, love and service to God and humanity. Every religion that has come into the world has brought the message of love and brotherhood. Those who are indifferent to the welfare of their fellowmen, whose hearts are empty of love, they do not know the meaning of religion.

We are only fully alive when we're helping others

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

I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.

I fear waking up one morning and finding out my life was all for nothing. We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. When you're kind to someone in trouble, you hope they remember and are kind to someone else and so on. Soon it will be like a wildfire.

Find something to believe in, and find it for yourself. And when you do - pass it on to the future.