Jane Fonda Quotes

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

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being?

What effect am I having on this world? I'm not sure yet. I have my worries, doubts and fears, but the way I'm trying to affect the world is with positive, right action.

It's very human to want to make an impact, to contribute to the world. But it's hard to know the how and why. Like, 'Will my small thing make a difference?'

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

I'm going to make a difference in other people's lives because who I am as a person rather than who I was as a football player.

If you want to change the world - I do - you have to start with yourself.

Every single part of our persona, no matter how long we've rocked it, is a choice we make every day.

Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.

Improvement begins with I.

Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.

Instead of wanting to be better than other people, let's channel that energy to be better than we were yesterday and then again to be the best we can be tomorrow.

A lot of people thought the sense of self was hard-wired, but it's not at all. It can be changed very quickly, and that's very intriguing.

On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.

If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

I am really focused on how I can improve myself and the world around me.

My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.

Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.