John Perkins Quotes

You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.

If we can move together as a species, I think that there is a possibility that we can make the world a better place.

In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.

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

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

When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behavior that compromises the lives of millions of people around the world can truly change.

By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?

The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves.

I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.

It's important to think good, speak good, and do good. If we want to see positive change in the world, then we need to connect to goodness. I try in everything I do, both in business and philanthropy, to make a positive change and do that by doing good.

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.

Business can be a source of progressive change.

Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.

Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.

At the end of the day, there is no doubt that the unique spirit embodied by this country has worked, not just to make the world safer, but to make it better.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in this world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

Our power will be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. We Americans are not destroyers; we are builders.

Only by carrying forward such a program with common determination and united national support, can we expect, in the long range of the future, to avoid becoming victims of destructive forces of international anarchy which in the absence of organized international relations will rule the world. By the procedure of cooperation with other nations likewise intent upon security, we can and will remain masters of our own fate.

I remain dedicated to building an economy that works for every American and every community. I remain committed to ensuring our security at home while also ensuring we lead the world in improving security around the globe.

Instead of trying to change people, we could change the world.

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

Nothing will be beyond our reach when we make the flames of creating positive deeds flare up across the country with the virtues of the young vanguard as the initial spark and bring into full play the mounting vigour of the millions of young people.

I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help.