Huston Smith Quotes

Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better.

We started Wayfarer Entertainment to create content that we felt could actually inspire people to be the best version of themselves. We take life for granted so often, and we don't realize that tomorrow isn't guaranteed.

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.

I believe you have to make things happen.

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.

If you have to do it, then you're doing the right thing.

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 think that you really don't have a choice, when you see that things are wrong the only choice you really have is to just do what you can to make it better.

Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

You can have an impact anywhere you are.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

You can talk about what’s wrong with the world or help fix it.

The people who think it a shame when anything goes wrong—who rush to the conclusion that evil could or ought to have been prevented, are those who, in the long run, do most to make the world better.

I am only one. But I am one. I cannot do everything. But I can do something. What I can do I ought to do. What I ought to do I will do

Take responsibility. Step up and step in. Because at the end of the day, folks, we are our behaviors.

People have to free their imaginations and realize everyone can do something, on a large or a small scale, depending on their ability. Those who can do a lot because of their position and potential should jump right in there.

It is about the American people. When something is not ready, it is not working, it is not right, then we owe it to them to do the right thing and say, 'Let's hold.'

Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.

You can't be dismissive of important things. You have to speak out, even if you don't get the results you would like to have.

Wherever I've played, I only affect the breakdowns that are in front of me.