Change the World (by Changing Yourself)

 

Each of us has the ability to change the world, if first we change ourselves. 

Changing the world seems daunting. However, the small changes you make each day eventually lead to big changes. Little by little, as you change yourself, you will become confident. You will become strong. You will become brave. Without even knowing it, you may change the world.

 

Little Ripples Have Grand Effects

If you have ever watched a ripple in a pond expand, or heard one person’s laugh result in a room full of laughter, you know little actions lead to monumental movements.

Can you attest to the ripple in the pond effect? When you reflect on the people who have come into your life and inspired you to work hard to change yourself for the better, do you believe seemingly small actions have amazingly grand effects? I do.

If we all do a little, change a little, become a little better, and inspire others to do the same, together we can change the world. Join me by making a small ripple in the pond.

And if the world is too grand a goal for today, be inspired to look inward. Change yourself. Believe.

Are you ready to change the world? I am.

 

62 Quotes to Inspire You to Change the World

It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn - which is what life is all about. ~ Oprah Winfrey

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. ~ Steve Jobs

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ~ Nelson Mandela

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. ~ Maya Angelou

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. ~ Walter Elliot

Always concentrate on how far you have come rather than how far you have left to go. The difference in how easy it seems will amaze you. ~ Heidi Johnson

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. ~ Helen Keller

You don’t find out who you are unless you work at it. ~ Iris Apfel

The regret of my life is that I have not said ‘I love you’ often enough. ~ Yoko Ono

I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. ~ Ginni Rometty

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. ~ James Dean

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. ~ Ben Stein

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

Careers, like rockets, don’t always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines. ~ Gary Sinise

There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them. ~ André Gide

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little. ~ Edmund Burke

Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger. ~ Tony Hsieh

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. ~ Will Durant

The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. ~ Vince Lombardi

The world is more malleable than you think, and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape. ~ Bono

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. ~ Stephen Covey

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~ George Horace Lorimer

It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success. ~ Mark Cuban

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s. ~ Billy Wilder

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~ Aristotle

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place. ~ Chinua Achebe

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. ~ Andrew Carnegie

You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. ~ Charles C. Noble

In this world, you only get what you grab for. ~ Giovanni Boccaccio

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. ~ Paulo Coelho

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. ~ Horace Mann

Nothing new can come into your life unless you are grateful for what you already have. ~ Michael Bernard

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. ~ Maya Angelou

If you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always gotten. ~ Jessie Potter

Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise. ~ Frank Ocean

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. ~ Sir Wilfred Grenfell

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. ~ Les Brown

Resistance is a sign that shows you’re going the right way. ~ Constance Friday

Success is a ladder.  It cannot be climbed with your hands in your pockets. ~ Anonymous

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready to take advantage of them. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger. ~ Henri Nouwen

Pride and excess bring disaster for man. ~ Xun Zi

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing, there will be no result. ~  Mahatma Gandhi

When it is obvious the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. ~ Confucius

Chase after money and the staggering race will never end; but reach out for successful ideas and the sources of money will chase after you to fill your pockets. ~ Wayne Chirisa

When you decide you deserve to have what you want, you will wait on it. ~ Dorethia Conner Kelly

And so we have to labor and to work, and work hard, to give reality to our dreams. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru

Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up. ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

Conquer yourself rather than the world. ~ René Descartes

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion. ~ James Russell Lowell

You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain. ~ Tom Hiddleston

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future. ~ Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~ Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: “I’m with you kid. Let’s go.” ~ Maya Angelou

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems. ~ Zig Ziglar

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ~ Nelson Mandela

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I was really the greatest. ~ Muhammad Ali

 

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