Jane Goodall Quotes

It's the individual effort of everybody working together towards a collective goal that causes real, effective change in America and in the world.

It's not about one person doing one big thing ... It's about a lot of people doing small things that really make the difference.

Be assured that our individual actions, collectively, make a huge difference.

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.

I believe it's true that one person can make a difference. But how much more difference 100 people make, or rather 99.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.

It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference.

The challenge is to become part of the struggle, to make a positive difference.

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

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

Of course an individual can make a huge difference but it is when those individuals come together with like-minded souls that they can change the world for ever and importantly for the better.

Most of the time we do nothing, myself included, I think the lesson I learned from [playing humanitarian Tessa in The Constant Gardner] is that a lot of drops make up an ocean. If people would stand up and say what they believe in maybe we can make a difference. Helping one person is better than nothing. Just do something.

When many little people in many little places do many little things, then the whole world changes.

The cumulative effect of each person making a change in his or her own life will make a difference.

People don't believe that their actions really and truly are going to make a difference. But kids get it. They know. And they get all excited about the difference they're making.

I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she siad. ‘You know, actually change something.’ ‘What, like “change the world”, you mean?’ ‘Not the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you.

If i can do just one tenth of the good Michael Jackson did for others, i can really make a difference in this world

If you really got the right people, and you've got them working together as a team, whether it's in business, whether it's in science, whether it's in politics, you can make a big difference.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

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

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

There are a helluva lot more of us who care about our environment in the world than we realize. We're the majority, and we can do something about that

Make a difference no matter what role you play