Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.
In plain words
You matter, and there's a part only you can play.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- With Love (1999), Goodall's own book — Wikiquote Sourced.
- With Love
- 1999
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Jane Goodall
Jane GoodallYou do it wrong. You make a mistake but you don’t give up. You try again and you learn patience.
Jane GoodallIf you have empathy with your subject, then you begin to ask how you might behave in their situation.
Jane GoodallSharing these stories of people and nature, should fill people with hope because we can do it if we will.
Jane GoodallMake the world better for the children that are coming after us and help them to make the world better for themselves.
Jane GoodallBut we’re not really a very intelligent species, are we, when we destroy our home.
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J.R.R. Tolkien'Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
Oscar WildeWe will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.
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