Making A Difference Quotes

I walked away exhilarated by my success, because there's nothing like making a difference in someone's life, even if that difference is a lifetime of nightmares and a fortune in therapy bills.

What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.

I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon, and I wanted to make a difference soon.

And we have got to go back - I will tell you what we have got to do. We have got to go back to the small disciplines that really make a difference in defining ourselves as a profession. And we will.

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

To make a difference is not a matter of accident...People CHOOSE to make a difference.

Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support these admirable troops, their spouses, and their families.

It's very rewarding if I make a difference to a kid.

Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference.

Change happens when one individual has had enough pain and finds the inner resolve to ask for help and make a difference.

We're all going to die. While I'm still here, I want to make a difference.

Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, there's a lot to make you angry.

Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?

The problem in modern America is not that an individual can't make a difference, but that nearly all of us are too distracted to even consider trying.

People have power to make a difference in their lives.

I hope that my work makes a difference because I think that's why I do it.

I've learned enough things the hard way to know we humans can make a difference.

I care about this crazy little planet and I would love to make a difference.

You can only make a difference by being different.

At the foundation of every life is one central desire: to make a difference that you lived.

Innovation is an outgrowth of initiative, and initiative - taking positive actions in a belief that your actions can make a difference - is a big part of confidence.

If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.

If you make a difference, people will gravitate to you. They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.

We've been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all to prefer fitting in with the right people

The world doesn't owe you a living, but just when you needed it, a door was opened for you to make a difference.

No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

The good news is that more than ever, value accrues to those that show up, those that make a difference, those that do work that matters.

I think my experience is going to make a difference, but I also think that my speed and power are going to make a bigger difference.

You need to feel that you're making a difference.

I want the world to know that Shirley Sherrod is someone who is committed to helping others. I love people, and I love doing things that make a difference.

We do make a difference - one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives. Whatever we do with whatever we have, we leave behind us a legacy for those who follow.

Knowledge is the key to making a difference.

If you make the choice to just go with the flow, that is a choice to make a difference in a negative way.

It makes a difference who the treasury secretary is.

I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE AND THANK EVERYONE WHO TRIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF VULNERABLE CIVILIANS

There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.

Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.

You don't have to be a billionaire to believe you can make a difference. Give your resources to a charity and volunteer in your community.

Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.

Change starts with YOU. When you step up, you invite others to step up, too.

What lies ahead? Worrying about it or creating it. Both requires a choice, one opens the door.

The world needs more love and Twitter just figured out a way to send 'hearts all over the world'.

Learn to appreciate every moment of your life, stop thinking of the future too much, you have a choice to make a difference in your life at any time you wish.

When you live for the purpose of making a difference for the people, for society, for the things that are beyond you, then significance will not be able to elude you.

When you have discovered your significance, your life will now begin to move towards making a difference.

Though you can live for as much as you like, but your longevity is stupidity if you were leading a worthless life.

Turning up our light in the presence of those whose light is dim becomes the difference that makes the difference.

We all have an opportunity and responsibility to create a legacy. A legacy which is resilient, sustainable and authentic." - Jim Cookson, Doctoral Student, Ashridge Business School, UK, August 2014

It’s easy to count other people’s mistakes. Make your own if you can.