Top 200 Changing the World Quotes (2024 Update)
Page 3 of 4

101. “Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”

— Michelle Obama

102. “The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.”

— Kurt Cobain

103. “Your voice can change the world.”

— Barack Obama

104. “I want the world to be better because I was here. I want my life, I want my work, my family, I want it to mean something and if you are not making someone else’s life better then you are wasting your time.”

— Will Smith

105. “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

— Mother Teresa

106. “Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.”

— Barack Obama

107. “Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

108. “Nothing is constant except change.”

— Heraclitus

109. “A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.”

— Khalil Gibran

110. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”

— Paul Farmer

111. “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

112. “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”

— Margaret J. Wheatley

113. “How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.”

— Morgan Freeman

114. “The future is ours to win. But to get there we can’t just stand still...”

— Barack Obama

115. “By any means necessary.”

— Malcolm X

116. “When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.”

— Alanis Obomsawin

117. “Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. It’s very fortunate if you can work on just one of these in your career. Apple’s been very fortunate in that it’s introduced a few of these.”

— Steve Jobs

118. “No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.”

— Victor Hugo

119. “To be a Baha’i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.”

— Abdu'l-Bahá

120. “Our problems are not solved by physical force, by hatred, by war. Our problems are solved by loving kindness, by gentleness, by joy.”

— Buddha

121. “You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure...”

— Charlie Chaplin

122. “They Have Money For War But Can’t Feed The Poor.”

— Tupac Shakur

123. “No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”

— Helen Keller

124. “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.”

— Jack Layton

125. “The thinking person must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.”

— Albert Schweitzer

126. “I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.”

— Maya Angelou

127. “It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

128. “No one can do everything, but everyone can do something, and together we can change the world.”

— Ronald J. Sider

129. “If you don’t make bold moves, the world doesn’t move forward.”

— Richard Branson

130. “The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.”

— Nikola Tesla

131. “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”

— John Green

132. “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

133. “You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”

— Malcolm X

134. “If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.”

— Neale Donald Walsch

135. “To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.”

— Bill Nye

136. “Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.”

— Simon Sinek

137. “Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”

— William Arthur Ward

138. “Many small people, in small places, doing small things can change the world.”

— Eduardo Galeano

139. “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.”

— Antonio Gramsci

140. “We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.”

— Marianne Williamson

141. “One person of integrity can make a difference.”

— Elie Wiesel

142. “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”

— Jackie Robinson

143. “Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.”

— Jane Goodall

144. “You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

145. “Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!”

— Barack Obama

146. “I want the world to be better because I was here.”

— Will Smith

147. “In Africa there is a concept known as ‘ubuntu’ – the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others.”

— Nelson Mandela

148. “The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.”

— Ashley Rickards

149. “What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”

— Henry David Thoreau

150. “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.”

— Mahatma Gandhi