Changing The World Quotes - Page 7

• Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

  Barack Obama

  Character, Empathy, Quality

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• You have resources yet to be unleashed. Make bold, courageous choices. Live as though you have the power to change the world - because you do.

  Caroline Myss

  Choices, World, Courageous

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• The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

  Nelson Mandela

  World, Matter, Difficult

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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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• I do not agree with a big way of doing things. What matters is the individual. If we wait till we get numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers and we will never be able to show that love and respect for the person.

  Mother Teresa

  Numbers, What Matters, Waiting

  "Mother Teresa's Reaching Out in Love: Stories Told by Mother Teresa". Compiled and Edited by Edward Le Joly and Jaya Chaliha, Barnes & Noble, p. 122, 2002.

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• Let us love one another as God loves each one of us. And where does this love begin? In our own home. How does it begin? By praying together.

  Mother Teresa

  Home, Love Is, Together

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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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• All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

  Julia Gillard

  Men, World, Chance

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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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• More women speaking up and seizing the helm of power can create its own momentum. It can change the culture that helps perpetuate those external forces.

  Nancy Birdsall

  Speaking Up, Momentum, Culture

  "Why I Want My Daughters — and Son — to Read Lean In" by Nancy Birdsall, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2013.

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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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• Everything is art. Everything is politics.

  Ai Weiwei

  Art, World

  "Weiwei-isms, By Ai Weiwei, trans. Larry Warsh". www.independent.co.uk. January 11, 2013.

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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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