Changing The World Quotes - Page 13

• When I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people's.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Kids, People, Wife

  "A Steadfast Lutheran Interview With Pastor Tullian Tchividjian (Part 1 of 2)". Interview with Pastor Matt Richard, steadfastlutherans.org. January 14, 2014.

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• You don't need 30 million people to listen to your podcast. If 10,000 people listen to your podcast, which is not a hard number to achieve, then 10,000 people are listening, and you can build a community, and literally change the world just recording into a microphone.

  Chris Hardwick

  Numbers, People, Community

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• Anywhere in the world you go, you find racism, discrimination. Not just in the United States, or in Texas. It's very sad for me, but that's the way it is. I can't change the world by myself. I, being Hispanic, have also faced discrimination. But … the world keeps turning.

  Selena

  Texas, Racism, United States

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• You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.

  Philip Johnson

  Giving, Trying, World

  "Philip Johnson: What I've Learned". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1999.

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• All of us at reddit work here because we think that reddit is a community like none other. We think it can be a powerful force to change the world for the better.

  Yishan Wong

  Powerful, Thinking, Community

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• The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry. A diet higher in whole grains and legumes and lower in beef and other meat is not just healthier for ourselves but also contributes to changing the world system that feeds some people and leaves others hungry.

  Walden Bello

  Vegetarianism, Meat Eating, People

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• Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves.

  David Wolpe

  Prayer, Careers, Decision

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• Get Creative - You Will Surprise Yourself and Change the World!

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Inspirational, Creative, World

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• The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.

  PattiSue Plumer

  Motivational, Running, Gun

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• We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less greedy and less wasteful, gaining a fresh vision of what it means to love our global neighbor.

  Shane Claiborne

  Mean, People, Vision

  Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw (2009). “Jesus for President”, p.193, Harper Collins

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• The craving to change the world is perhaps a reflection of the craving to change ourselves.

  Eric Hoffer

  Reflection, World, Craving

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• I change the world by changing myself. I am changing the world by loving myself, by enjoying life, by making my personal world a dream of heaven. I change myself, and just like magic, other people start to change.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Dream, People, Heaven

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• Am I going to change the world, or am I going to change me? Or maybe change the world a little bit, just by changing me?

  Sarah Louise Delany

  Change, World, Littles

  Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.118, Kodansha America

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• Financial firms are sending their back-office jobs overseas. But what do fine artists do? They create something new, unexpected, and delightful that changes the world. MFA abilities are harder to outsource and more important in an abundant world.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Jobs, Artist, Office

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• Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.

  Steve Jobs

  Life Lesson, Moving, Simple

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• That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Change, Life Changing

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.44, Prabhat Prakashan

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• But it's a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light - that it's going to change everything. Things don't have to change the world to be important.

  Steve Jobs

  Technology, Light, Important

  "Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview with Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

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• The problem is I'm older now, I'm 40 years old, and this stuff doesn't change the world. It really doesn't.

  Steve Jobs

  Technology, Years, World

  "Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview With Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

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• Can art change the world? Maybe ... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?

  JR

  Art, Motivation, Inspiration

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• Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.

  JR

  Art, Motivation, Inspiration

  "My wish: Use art to turn the world inside out". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2011.

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• Do you want to sell sugar water all your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?

  Steve Jobs

  Leadership, Motivation, Water

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• We believe people with passion can change the world for the better. That's what we believe. And we believe that those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that actually do.

  Steve Jobs

  Crazy, Believe, Passion

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• The day I was born songs were on records, phones were tied down, computers needed rooms and the web was fiction. Change the world. You can.

  Steve Jobs

  Song, Phones, Fiction

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• Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.

  JR

  Art, World, Practical Things

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• Be the change you want to see in your networks

  James H. Fowler

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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