Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

I just do what I can do to be one of the people who make a difference.

You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That's how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

Everyone, Republican or otherwise has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something.

I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

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

My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.

Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

If this day means anything, it means that you are now in the contingent of the responsible. You must be kind, yes, but you must also look beyond your own house. We're depending on you for your efforts and your vision. We are depending on your eye and your imagination to identify what wrongs exist and persist, and on your hands, your backs, your efforts, to right them.

Those that just talk are also the ones that say, 'Why don't they do this?' and 'Why don't they do that?' Well, they're they. We're all they, and we can all do a little something.

Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution. Sometimes I tell myself, I may only be planting a tree here, but just imagine what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just imagine the power of what we can do.

We started thinking if we can have more people involved instead of less people involved, wouldn't that be a good thing?

I think Americans generally are not used to working very hard, in terms of working for the collective. I think in our country we have taken individualism to its farthest reaches, possibly.

I've found that when everyone rallies behind a cause, and when they learn their effort can contribute something bigger, they get engaged.

I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.

I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.

I never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things - not just VICE, but all of us. In fact, we have to.

It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.