In the most important areas, as individuals and countries, we don't change our behavior until we have our backs to the wall.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What influences our behavior, and what our level of responsibility is, are very complex issues. And anytime we try to make this simplistic, we don't serve people well.
People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.
In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.
Most people don't want to change. They're comfortable and set in their ways. But in order to change, you have to be able to agitate people at times. And I think that's something that's very necessary for us to improve as a country.
Everything we do affects other people.
We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.
When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behavior that compromises the lives of millions of people around the world can truly change.
Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.
Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.