Sam Childers Quotes

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

Please believe in THE POWER OF ONE. One person can make an enormous difference in the world. One person - actually, one idea - can start a war, or end one, or subvert an entire power structure. One discovery can cure a disease or spawn new technology to benefit or annihilate the human race. You as ONE individual can change millions of lives. Think big. Do not limit your vision and do not ever compromise your dreams or ideals.

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 learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

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

Nothing really changes: the individual's ability to project his message or throw his weight around remains minuscule.

To dare: that is the whole secret of revolutions.

I feel strongly that Mother Teresa’s life has a great message for young people. We so often feel powerless to do anything about the many problems in the world around us. We are so often left to wonder whether one person can possibly make a difference. Mother Teresa said yes, we can. Her life was resounding proof that it is possible

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have

I never looked at the masses as my responsibility. I can only love one person at a time. So I began. I picked up one person. Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand.

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.

I really feel strongly that we can make change for every person. And it will be radical in the person's life.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution.

Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit.

If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates the pearl.

I know it's easier to portray a world filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence...It's an easy out. What's a whole lot tougher is to offer alternatives, to present other ways conflicts can be resolved, and to show you can have a positive impact on your world. To do that, you have to put yourself out on a limb, take chances, and run the risk of being called a do-gooder.

Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.

If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.

When I was 16, the guest speaker was King. And I was completely overwhelmed because I had been studying nonviolence, talking about it, reading about it, but here it was happening, here it was people boycotting the buses and people on the streets and taking risks, which I think was the key.

A little old lady sitting at the front of the bus can do nothing to change civil rights.

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election is produced by the votes of single electors.

Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world.

What one man can do is dream. What one man can do is love. What one man can do is change the world.