“You have been created in order that you might make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.”
Source: The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters
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“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first. ”
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
The earliest known example of this quote comes from a January 1993 article in Time magazine, where it is associated with British businesswoman Anita Roddick:: "Even Body Shop trucks are employed as rolling billboards for pithy slogans. Roddick's current favorite, taken from the side of one of her company's lorries: IF YOU THINK YOU'RE TOO SMALL TO HAVE AN IMPACT, TRY GOING TO BED WITH A MOSQUITO". <br class="br">IN the 21st century, it was cited as an "African proverb". Earliest attribution to Dalai Lama is from 2004. <br class="br">Disputed <br class="br">Source: Philip Elmer-DeWitt, "Anita the Agitator" https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm7uAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22anita+roddick%22+mosquito&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=mosquito, Time, 1993-01-25 <br class="br">Source: https://indianinthemachine.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/if-you-think-youre-too-small-to-make-a-difference-try-sleeping-in-a-closed-room-with-a-mosquito-african-proverb/ <br class="br">Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=K8Q53xW1ie8C&pg=PA1&dq=%22too+small+to+make+a+difference%22+mosquito+lama&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjxrTbkbnJAhVHLYgKHVfdB84Q6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22too%20small%20to%20make%20a%20difference%22%20mosquito%20lama&f=false
“by the time you open your eyes, the world might have already changed.”
Matsuri Hino Japanese manga artist
Source: ヴァンパイア騎士 7
Ann M. Martin (1955) American writer of children's literature
Source: Dawn Saves the Planet
“You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 61
Barack Obama book Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Source: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance