Leonard Lauder Quotes

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 wish I could believe that one person could make a difference.

I can't save the world, but if I can share some ideas, people might be able to save themselves.

When you've wised up enough, there is a very clear conclusion that you have to reach after a while, which is, at the end of the day, it is really impossible for one person to make a difference.

I guess one person can make a difference.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.

People need to believe they can make a difference - that one person standing strong can turn the tide.

I believe that young kids have agency and can make a difference in the world.

I sort of have this feeling about change in general. We can make baby steps on a macro level. We can try to shift policy, voting and changing who's in office. But we can make huge, sweeping changes on a personal level and in your immediate circle, or just the people around you.

If I can inspire one person to actually administer change, to want to inspire change, I will follow that person.

I always go back to the fact that one man can make a difference. No matter what the issue, we always have the power to change it.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

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.

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

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

Never doubt that one person can make a difference.

Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.

Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.

I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and make a difference. I do as much as I can with my voice. It's effortless in some cases. I try to remind everybody that they have that kind of voice.

I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point.

I feel compelled not to pass on a vision of bleakness, destruction or cynicism. I want to tell the truth as I see it, but I also have to believe that individuals - my kids, your kids, whoever - can do something about it, and I want to show the ways in which they can do something about it.

One man can make a difference and every man should try.