Impactful Action Quotes

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

History can turn on a dime…there are moments where one person can really make a difference.

What matters is not to know the world but to change it.

A lot of us don't get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.

We’re not sent here to poll well. We’re here to make a difference.

Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm.

The sooner you act, the bigger difference you can make.

Changing the world is not easy, but its pursuit will change you profoundly.

The people who have sufficient passion for the truth to give the truth a chance to prevail, if it runs counter to their bias, are in a minority. How important is this "minority?" It is difficult to say at this point, for, at the present time their influence on governmental decisions is not perceptible.

We didn’t make it perfect, but we did change the world.

I don't want to look up and think, 'Wow, I had a moment to really be a part of changing the world, and I didn't live up to it.'

I'm sure I will cause tremendous seismic shifts in the culture again.

I'm incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it's incredible.

There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call.

When you've wised up enough, there is a very clear conclusion that you have to reach after a while, which is, at the end of the day, it is really impossible for one person to make a difference.

I have an enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet.

Go out there and see where the world needs your touch. That kind of meaning not only makes you feel more connected to your environment on a local scale, but also to yourself - whether you can operate from something beyond the definition that others might place on you.

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we can not only change a life or save a life, but we can also make it possible for other people to speak up. If we harness the collective power of people's voices around America to address the opioid epidemic, I have no doubt that we can overcome it.

Our preoccupation has always been to craft space in such a way as to induce social interactions that would in turn generate a sense of community and a culture, but starting from the very immediate issue of how action influences perception.

It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction, to start a ripple of change.

I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.