Quotes About Changing The World For The Better

#1. Here we were supposedly changing the world for the better in the Sixties, but as we get 40 years further down the line, we realise that some of those changes such as the drugs probably weren't all that great or sensible. It was all about social experiments.

Steve Winwood

#2. If you want to change the world," he said, "who do you begin with, yourself or others? I believe if we begin with ourselves and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better.

Ken Robinson

#3. Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.

Viktor E. Frankl

#4. I think there is a lot of good in making the All-Star Team. People look at your career a little bit differently.

Frank Thomas

#5. The moment illuminates the political Jefferson - a man who got his way quietly but unmistakably, without bluster or bombast, his words congenial but his will unwavering.

Jon Meacham

#6. The world is changing and the physical barriers are down now. It's time for the emotional barriers to go down. And what better place to start than school?

Laura San Giacomo

#7. Ragnor [was] always happy to see chaos, but not be involved in it.

Cassandra Clare

#8. Throw stones, make waves. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Vikki Wakefield

#9. The world today is changing rapidly, and we are helping to make it better for our children's future.

Ginny Brown-Waite

#10. Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#11. You can change the world at this moment for better by changing your thoughts and by spreading your love for the world and humanity as a whole.

Debasish Mridha

#12. Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy

Fran Lebowitz

#13. Start Change Ourselves to Better and Then the World

Jan Jansen

#14. You may think you find peace in Christ when you have no outward troubles, but is Christ your peace when the Assyrian comes into the land, when the enemy comes? ... Jesus Christ would be peace to the soul when the enemy comes into the city, and into your houses.

Jeremiah Burroughs

#15. I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Garry Kasparov

#16. To change the world for the better, you must begin by changing your own life. There is no other way.

Jane Roberts

#17. You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

Nelson Mandela

#18. Ethiopia is engraved on my heart. I first went in 1973 because I heard of a terrible famine. They were denying it even as we got the film out. The coverage destroyed the emperor's credibility.

Jonathan Dimbleby

#19. When I was 13, I was playing in the bars. I guess it's a changing world. Some things are better today, like the internet. We have different ways of reaching each other. E-mail and all that stuff is wonderful. I actually think the kids are missing out on a lot of stuff.

Ray Parker Jr.

#20. I won't hold any illusions of changing the world or any such nonsense. But maybe, just maybe, I'm helping someone else change his or her life a little bit for the better, even if it just means giving someone a magical place in which to hide.

R.A. Salvatore

#21. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

J.K. Rowling

#22. The establishment of an authentic relationship with patients, by its very nature, demands that we forego the power of the triumvirate of magic, mystery, and authority.

Irvin D. Yalom

#23. I have this determination and drive to live a better life, change the world, and accomplish great things. Distractions are always there, but my purpose is so much greater that I'm always able to get back on focus.

Jeet Banerjee

#24. Your relationship with God, others, yourself, and all creation keeps changing for the better. Most of the world's religions have developed maps to describe this process.

Thomas Keating

#25. Life is hard, but it's also crazy-beautiful. Fight for your best life. You deserve it.

Carmen Rodrigues

#26. Let us then remember the dead-and all wars-gratefully. And let us hope that because of them we may become a touch better, a thimbleful wiser, and a handshake more tolerant of this changing world they did not live to see.

Arthur Hailey

#27. Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.

Benjamin Spock

#28. 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?

Rick Danko

#29. The hardest part of changing things is knowing how much needs changing,

Martina Boone

#30. No, I don't understand him, but he is worth listening to.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#31. You make this world better by changing your thoughts and by becoming better.

Debasish Mridha

#32. The main theme remains constant: man owes it to himself to reject despair; better to rely on miracles than opt for resignation. By changing himself, man can change the world.

Elie Wiesel

#33. My job is to lay it out clearly, not to give my policy prescriptions.Very little journalism is world changing. But if change is to happen, it will be because people with power have a better sense of what's happening to people who have none.

Katherine Boo

#34. In the governor's race, Chris Bell has as good a shot as anybody in a four-way race. If Bell holds on to his base and connects with some people who are tired of the way things are going, he could win.

Ed Martin

#35. Technically, all tattoos are temporary, even permanent ones.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#36. Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.

Stephen Covey

#37. Our task is to change the world for the better, not to adapt ourselves to the world.

Tariq Ramadan

#38. Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

Stephen Kinzer

#39. I think that people who make films and think they're changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal, there are far better ways to do it. I'm making politically observant films for audiences.

Neill Blomkamp

#40. If I like something, I get it and I put it on.

Liam Gallagher

#41. The idea of changing or improving the world is alien to me and seems ludicrous. Society functions, and always has, without the artist. No artist has ever changed anything for better or worse.

Georg Baselitz