There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it can change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making a better world.
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
Go forth and set the world on fire.
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.