Richard Edelman Quotes

You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord.

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

I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

If people are given the opportunity to really make a difference in their own lives, their own communities, their own businesses and their own governments, then we can really transform the prospects of life on this planet. We can find ourselves living in a world that is more like the world that I think most of us want to be living in.

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

When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.

My intention is to get more involved in social projects so I can give people a message of hope.

Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people.

The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves.

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 realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.

Real progress comes from people.

Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.

If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist.

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me.

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

I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help.

I know that together we can and will help shape the future of this country for the better.

I do all I can to make my world a better place to live in for me and for my kids as well.

To rebuild confidence in the power of people working together to create something better, we must give people the power to do precisely that for themselves.

I don't think it's my job, single-handedly, to fix anything. I think it's my job to have a vision and have a plan that is reasonable and workable and get as many people to the table to effect change as possible.

It's embarrassing to quote Gandhi or something, but being the change you want to see in the world is pretty powerful.

When I see Kickstarter, I don't see a company. Instead, I see a social movement. I see people doing things for people.