Amanda Warren Quotes

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

I love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

If the world is to be put together it will not be done by large organizations. It will be done by millions of small organizations…. Participation: That’s what is going to save the human race.

Not only does big government get in the way when it provides disincentives to work, it also has a profoundly negative effect on community. […] The more the government does for individuals, the more community is diminished.

With Starbury, we are trying to do something for the community and make a product that everyone can afford.

It's amazing the support we've been able to get from Latinos and just in general from everyone.

It's only when we stop looking exclusively to the podium for our heroes and start looking all around us that we'll make the greatest progress toward a better tomorrow.

We came together [with King Hussein of Jordan] because of a shared sense of idealism, of the value of service to a community far greater than ourselves, and the conviction that each and everyone of us can meaningfully contribute to solving even the most seemingly intractable problems.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is actually someone I have a personal relationship with and who continues to do amazing things in her community. I continue to be inspired by her. If I can emulate myself after someone it's her and I just hope to have that effect on my community and continue to go on to do things like she has.

Just as important as our society as a whole are our small communities: our neighborhoods, workplaces and schools.

Causes brings over 140 million people together to form the world's largest giving community. The belief that everyone has something to give is at the core of what we do; people just need a little inspiration, and to know that whoever they are, there is something meaningful they can do.

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.

I've found that when everyone rallies behind a cause, and when they learn their effort can contribute something bigger, they get engaged.

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your broader community. So a lot of my projects are about how I can affect the world in the hundreds of millions.

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 know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.

I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.

Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community.

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need to be personally responsible for keeping our streets clean, our schools safe, and our houses peaceful.

Without social cohesion, the human race wouldn't be here: We're not formidable enough to survive without the tactics, rules and strategies that allow people to work together.