Changing The World Quotes - Page 16

• 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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• 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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• I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.

  Ben Harper

  Hands, Two, World

  Song: With My Own Two Hands, Album: Diamonds On The Inside, 2003

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• If we do not like what we see in the world, we must face what we don't like in ourselves. As we change, the world will change with us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Growth, World, Faces

  Marianne Williamson (2009). “The Gift of Change: Spiritual Guidance for Living Your Best Life”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• You can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don't attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest are known to travel in groups. And they are known to change the world.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Groups, Needs, World

  "Some of the best commencement speeches ever". www.theglobeandmail.com. June 16, 2014.

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• When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone' then you only impact the few and not the many.

  Cameron Sinclair

  Ideas, Impact, Focus

  "Quotes of the day: Cameron Sinclair", www.cnn.com. July 11, 2008.

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• To change the world, we must first change the way the babies are being born.

  Michel Odent

  Baby, World, Way

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• Your idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world.

  Hugh Jackman

  Ideas, People, World

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• To change the world , we need to combine Ancient wisdom with new technologies

  Paulo Coelho

  Technology, World, Needs

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• This world is like a mountain. Your echo depends on you. If you scream good things, the world will give it back. If you scream bad things, the world will give it back. Even if someone says badly about you, speak well about him. Change your heart to change the world.

  Shams Tabrizi

  Heart, Echoes, Giving

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• A change of heart leads to change in behavior, and a change in behavior leads to changing the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Heart, World, Changing Your Life

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Jul 17, 2013

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• Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Done, World, Change Yourself

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• Some women are meant to change the world while others are meant to hold it together.

  Jodi Picoult

  Together, World

  Jodi Picoult (2003). “Second Glance: A Novel”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.

  Margaret Mead

  Groups, World, Underestimate

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• You have been created with the ability to change the world. Every single choice you make ... every single action you take ... matters. But remember, the converse is also true. Every choice you do not make ... every action you do not take ... matters just as much.

  Andy Andrews

  Choices, World, Matter

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• What you feel and how you react to something is always up to you. There may be a "normal" or a common way to react to different things. But that's mostly just all it is.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Different, Up To You, World

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• Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what is also clear is that this freedom does not stand alone. It is freedom in responsibility and freedom to exercise responsibility.

  Angela Merkel

  Responsibility, Exercise, Essence

  Angela Merkel's Speech before the US Congress, www.spiegel.de. November 4, 2009.

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• If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters ... we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.

  Christine Lagarde

  Brother, Tragedy, Degrees

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• Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Girl, World, Educate

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• I want us to be judged by the impact we have on the health of the people of Africa and the health of women. Improvements in the health of the people of Africa and the health of women are key indicators of the performance of WHO. This is a health organization for the whole world... But we must focus our attention on the people in greatest need.

  Margaret Chan

  Organization, Impact, Keys

  Speech to the World Health Assembly, www.who.int. November 9, 2006.

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• No matter how you measure it, women and girls bear the brunt of poverty. But it's also clear that women are also our greatest hope for ending it. We at CARE have long believed that if you change the life of a girl or woman, you don't just change that individual, you change her family and then her community.

  Helene D. Gayle

  Girl, Long, Community

  "Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE USA, on Empowering Women and Girls Worldwide". Interview with Rahim Kanani, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 07, 2011.

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• Gender equality and empowerment of women is key to the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Not only as a specific target, but for the goals in general. Women bear a heavier burden of the world's poverty than men, because of the discrimination they face in education, health care, employment and control of assets.

  Johanna Sigurðardottir

  Men, Keys, Goal

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• While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose, women need to stand together because they all face the central point of discrimination, although the extremity of which may be different from Kigali to Kabul.

  Zainab Salbi

  Hair, Together, May

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