Every time I tell my story, I feel that I am taking some power away from the terrorists.
Nadia MuradRead
I've still got to do something to help, however tiny it is. I always think of the old Hebrew saying, which is translated roughly into, 'He who saves one life saves the world,' because it's pretty ghastly to think of all the people we're not saving.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Every small action to help others is valuable, especially when considering the impact of saving a single life.
In this quote, Vanessa Redgrave emphasizes the importance of taking action, no matter how small, to make a positive difference in the world. She references a profound Hebrew saying that equates saving one life with saving the entire world, highlighting the gravity of each individual's contribution to the greater good and the moral responsibility to help others.
Themes
HelpLifeImpactActionResponsibility
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about community service, one might say, 'I've still got to do something to help, however tiny it is.'
Similar quotes
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
Jackie RobinsonRead
I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
Norman SchwarzkopfRead
Write on my gravestone: 'Infidel, Traitor.', infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.
Wendell PhillipsRead
What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.
Albert EinsteinRead
To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talk nonsense about non-resistance. If he does not show himself a hero to his enemies he has not done his duty.
Swami VivekanandaRead