Changing The World Quotes - Page 8

• 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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• 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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• If you're willing to change the world let love be your energy

  Robbie Williams

  Peace, Love Is, Energy

  Song: Let Love Be Your Energy

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• As soon as you take responsibility for your life, you can change the world.

  Tom Basso

  Responsibility, World, Making Money

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• [On swinging for the fences] Ultimately, you have the potential to build a significant business with the potential to have a positive impact on millions of people's lives.

  Steve Case

  Life Changing, Impact, Swinging For The Fences

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• The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

  John F. Kennedy

  Giving, World, Speech

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• During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebration. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that.

  Alice Walker

  Believe, Years, People

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• Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

  Joan Baez

  Jobs, World

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• How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you're in.

  Peter Block

  Inspirational, Change, World

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• I know first hand what its like to be called names and to be affected by things. They would call me fat, they would call me promiscuous in different words. At the time, when I was 12-years-old, that was like the end of the world. To me, bullying is one of my biggest platforms. Lets change the world.

  Demi Lovato

  Bullying, Hands, Years

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• One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world

  Gautama Buddha

  One Day, World, Moments

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• For your information, a good novel can change the world. Keep that in mind before you attempt to sit down at a typewriter. Never waste time on something you don't believe in yourself.

  John Fante

  Believe, Typewriters, Mind

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• It takes a checkbook to change the world

  Mother Teresa

  World

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• Each of us has a mission . . . each of us is called to change the world, to work for a culture of life, a culture forged by love and respect for the dignity of each human person.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Culture, World, Dignity

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• When you are finished changing, you are finished.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Change, Finished, Continual Growth

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• Again and again in history some people wake up. They have no ground in the crowd and move to broader deeper laws. They carry strange customs with them and demand room for bold and audacious action. The future speaks ruthlessly through them. They change the world.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Moving, Law, People

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• The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Artist, World, Power To Change

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Seven: The Art of Calligraphy (Excerpts); Dharma Art; Visual Dharma (Excerpts); Selecte d Poems; Selected Writings”, p.136, Shambhala Publications

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• Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people's places. 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

  Inspirational, Thinking, People

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• Things remain the same because it is impossible to change very much without changing most of everything.

  Ted Sizer

  Inspirational, Change, Impossible

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• The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily lives, then we can change our governments and can change the world. Our president and governments are us. They reflect our lifestyle and our way of thinking. The way we hold a cup of tea, pick up the newspaper or even use toilet paper are directly related to peace.

  Nhat Hanh

  Peace, Thinking, Government

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• Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Change, Ideas, Challenges

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.19, Beacon Press

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• One of the ways that your project, your personal healing, or your social invention can change the world is through story. But even if no one ever learns of it, even if it is invisible to every human on Earth, it will have no less of an effect.

  Charles Eisenstein

  Healing, Stories, World

  Charles Eisenstein (2013). “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible”, p.62, North Atlantic Books

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• You are going to change the world, because that is actually what the world is. You do not pass through this life, it passes through you. You experience it, you interpret it, you act, and then it is different. That happens constantly. You are changing the world. You always have been.

  Joss Whedon

  Different, World, This Life

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