Marya Mannes Quotes

Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they'd like to go. Every time we waste that opportunity, every page or sentence that doesn't do enough to advance the cause is waste.

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.

All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.

Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.

These issues are so important. I just felt the best thing to do right now is contribute and go forward.

Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.

Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I've grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible.

I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me.

I think I've done a good job of trying to figure out ways to continue to use my voice and platform for the right things.

People pay attention to artists and celebrities, so they have the opportunity to do something great with this limelight. I, for one, have no problem with Kanye running for president, because if it's something that he truly believes in and it can lead to greater good, why not? I'm all for that.

If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I'm complicit.

Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.

In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.

I always knew that I wanted to do the most that I could for the most people.

Instead of me keeping my art a personal thing, we can use it to save lives, change lives and inspire.

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.

I'd like to be out in the city every day, listening to what people are saying and asking about what they need. I'd like to inspire others by doing as much as I can to help people who are trying to make a better life for themselves and others.

My whole thing is I want to affect history in a positive way. I want the timeline to be, 100 years from now, when we look back, it's going to be like, the world was like this, and then Shameik Moore hit the world, and everything changed for the better. It was a new light. Something special.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Above all, we want Millennials to realize that they can have an impact on the world and that, in the course of empowering others, they can also empower themselves.

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.

It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.

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

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.