Katharine Jefferts Schori Quotes

Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

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.

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.

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

Turn your scars into stars.

I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.

You cannot effectuate change if you do not have power.

Women of worth are those who want positive change for themselves, their families, community or society, which I think is important. For me, a woman of worth is someone who has self -espect, who believes that she can change things in society.

People believe in the power of education to change lives.

I always knew I had to find a way to be a catalyst for positive change.

A lot of us don't get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.

I hope I just keep continuing to inspire a lot of people and trying to make a change in this world.

Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world.

I believe education is the key. As an activist and a child of the developing world, I witnessed education's power to transform lives.

I will make this world a better place, whether they like it or not. That’s the fun of being Queen.

When we find inspiration, we need to take action for ourselves and for our communities. Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out something and leaving it in your past.

If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

Great leaders motivate large groups of individuals to improve the human condition.

The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves.

Looking in a mirror and telling yourself to feel better doesn't work when you're a girl, but finding something that you love to do, something that makes you a better person like volunteering to help others, will definitely make a difference.

I'm proud to be part of projects that literally change lives.

Arianna Huffington is one of the greatest champions of this idea - that anyone can make a difference.