Erin O'Connor Quotes

Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.

I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.

Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

Perhaps the most encouraging trend is that, through technology, people are realizing how much agency they actually have. Technology has revolutionized the way we eat, live, communicate, socialize, learn, and do. We see enormous potential to create lasting, positive change in the way the world works by doing what we are doing.

Now is not the time for us to shy away from challenging ourselves to make substantive change for the better. We have the opportunity to raise the bar in the faith-based world by forging a culture in which inclusivity, diversity, and equality are paramount.

People who have been empowered by positive change are demanding quick solutions to current problems.

Anyone who thinks they're a progressive should be interested in making progress.

The Labour party is not perfect but I have seen in my own life how it is the greatest vehicle for positive hopeful social change.

The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry.

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

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

I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.

The fact that, for so many generations, ordinary, everyday Americans came out of the closet and told their family and friends about who they are has laid the foundation for public sentiment to change. They got comfortable in their own skins to be able to share themselves with family and friends. This is where social change took place.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

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.

In order for critical pedagogy, dialogue, and thought to have real effects, they must advocate the message that all citizens, old and young, are equally entitled, if not equally empowered, to shape the society in which they live.

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.

Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place.

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

You really can change the world if you care enough.