You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALLEvery individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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I don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.
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I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle. If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that’s what will give you hope.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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Peace starts within.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?
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So, let us move forward with faith in ourselves, in our intelligence, in our indomitable spirit. Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion and love.
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And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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