Better Place Quotes

• Above all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother

  Jane Goodall

  Impact, Differences, Choices

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• I am still fighting to make the world a better place and you can, too.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Fighting, World, Stills

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.

  Dolores Huerta

  Use, World, Earth

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• Every act of kindness and compassion toward others gets multiplied when they, in turn, pass it on. One by one the world becomes a better place. Service is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Kindness, Compassion, Giving

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• You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today

  Joyce Meyer

  World, Today, Be Kind

  Twitter post from Feb 1, 2014

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• Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.

  Desmond Tutu

  Powerful, Commitment, Trying

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 10, 2014

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• I believe in the power of women. As nurturers, we have a unique ability to care and share and make the world a better place. Women Who Inspire are women who are making a difference.

  Donna Karan

  Believe, Unique, Differences

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• The world would be a vastly better place if people saw their need for God and accepted Him as Savior and Lord. And then lived by His rule of Love being the most important thing. Can you imagine the world if everyone was motivated by love for others?

  Mary Engelbreit

  Love Is, People, Important

  Source: sara-mincy.blogspot.com

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• Put a little love in your heart, and the world will be a better place.

  Jackie DeShannon

  Peace, Heart, Special

  Song: Put a Little Love in Your Heart

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• My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hero, Fighting, Winning

  Interview with George R. R. Martin and all the Wild Cards contributors from BUSTED FLUSH, fantasyhotlist.blogspot.ru. December 10, 2008.

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• I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.

  Clare Balding

  Extraordinary Person, Graffiti, World

  "Clare Balding: 'I want to make the world better, for women mainly'". Interview with Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2013.

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• We all have a moral obligation to leave this world a better place than the world that we've found.

  Tim McIlrath

  Change, Responsibility, Leaving

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• The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.

  Q'orianka Kilcher

  Heart, Justice, Comforting

  "LatinoBuzz: Interview with Q’orianka Kilcher". Interview with Juan Caceres, www.indiewire.com. February 6, 2013.

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• There is the eternal war between those who are in the world for what they can get out of it and those who are in the world to make it a better place for everybody to live in.

  George Bernard Shaw

  War, World, Eternal

  Dan Laurence, George Bernard Shaw (1999). “Plays Political: The Apple Cart, On the Rocks, Geneva”, p.244, Penguin UK

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• A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

  Nelson Mandela

  Independent, Compassion, Concern For Others

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

  Rosalynn Carter

  Caring, Helping Others, Our World

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• My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

  Jon Lovitz

  Dad, People, Laughing

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• AND THEN SOME... these three little words are the secret to success. People that follow this are thoughtful of others; considerate and kind...and then some. They are good friends and neighbors...and then some. I am thankful for people like this, for they make the world a better place. Their spirit of service is summed up in these three little words...AND THEN SOME.

  Carl Holmes

  Good Friend, Thoughtful, People

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• Money means better meals at better places.

  Alison Brie

  Mean, Meals

  "The Enthusiasms of Alison Brie". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 15, 2013.

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• I am not inspired by helping you find Chinese food at 2am in Dallas, or swipe right to get laid. I want to use tech and data to make the world a better place.

  Nancy Lublin

  Data, Chinese, Dallas

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• I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.

  Sara Blakely

  Running, Believe, Race

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• By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?

  Rick Danko

  Inspirational, Positive, People

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• if everyone could just be happy with themselves and the choices people around them make, the world would instantly be a better place!

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, People, Choices

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• Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!

  Kim Peek

  Our World, Differences, Different

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• I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone

  Mike Dirnt

  World, Said, Ramones

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