Top 200 Changing the World Quotes (2024 Update)
Page 2 of 4

51. “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.”

— Roald Dahl

52. “Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.”

— Robin S. Sharma

53. “Helping hands are better than Praying Lips.”

— Mother Teresa

54. “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”

— John F. Kennedy

55. “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

— Horace Mann

56. “You change the world by being yourself.”

— Yoko Ono

57. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

58. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

— George Bernard Shaw

59. “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.”

— Chief Seattle

60. “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”

— Maya Angelou

61. “Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. ”

— Jimi Hendrix

62. “You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”

— Abdul Kalam

63. “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”

— Edward Everett Hale

64. “Go forth and set the world on fire.”

— Ignatius of Loyola

65. “Don’t give to get. Give to inspire others to give.”

— Simon Sinek

66. “I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.”

— Bill Gates

67. “Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.”

— Steve Jobs

68. “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”

— Nelson Mandela

69. “In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

— Eric Hoffer

70. “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”

— Catherine of Siena

71. “The time for change is now.”

— Jacqueline Novogratz

72. “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”

— Oprah Winfrey

73. “Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

— William Jennings Bryan

74. “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.”

— Michael Jackson

75. “The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”

— Ayn Rand

76. “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.”

— Ernesto Che Guevara

77. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

78. “What I’m trying to do is to maximise the probability of the future being better.”

— Elon Musk

79. “All I want to do is change the world.”

— W. Clement Stone

80. “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.”

— Marian Wright Edelman

81. “Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.”

— Barbara Mikulski

82. “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

— Abraham Lincoln

83. “I’m starting with the man in the mirror.”

— Michael Jackson

84. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

— Harriet Tubman

85. “We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.”

— Barack Obama

86. “Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

87. “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.”

— Muhammad Ali

88. “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”

— Maya Angelou

89. “Change is the law of life.”

— John F. Kennedy

90. “I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”

— Mother Teresa

91. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

92. “Be realistic, demand the impossible!”

— Ernesto Che Guevara

93. “Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

94. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

— John F. Kennedy

95. “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

96. “Heal the world! Stop the hate. Lend a helping hand to those in need.”

— Michael Jackson

97. “When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.”

— Elon Musk

98. “Bringing people together is what i call ‘ubuntu,’ which means ‘I am because we are.’ Far too often people think of themselves as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.”

— Desmond Tutu

99. “You playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won’t feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.”

— Marianne Williamson

100. “Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.