The efforts made by one individual can be immensely important.

For Today and Tomorrow

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, March 5, 2013:

 

The efforts made by one individual can be immensely important. Nichiren Daishonin repeatedly states that victory depends not on numbers but on a group or individual's attitude or resolve. In one passage he writes: "Everyone in Japan, from the sovereign on down to the common people, all without exception tried to do me harm, but I have survived until this day. This is because, although I am alone, I have firm faith [in the Lotus Sutra]"