Differences Quotes - Page 37

• If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.

  Benjamin Carson

  Our World, Order, Making A Difference

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• Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Two, Embrace, Spread

  "The Oprah Winfrey Show", www.oprah.com. May 25,2011.

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• Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

  Bruce Lee

  Philosophical, Self, People

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• She hugged me and I could feel the heat rise in my face, either from shame or love, like there was a difference.

  Christopher Moore

  Faces, Heat, Shame

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• Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.

  Brené Brown

  Addiction, Anxiety, Understanding

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, August 27, 2010.

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• One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won't let you be anything less. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can make a difference in this world. If you're lucky enough to find this person, never let them go.

  Susane Colasanti

  Eye, Making A Difference, Lucky

  Susane Colasanti (2013). “So Much Closer”, p.222, Scholastic UK

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• God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.

  Max Lucado

  Christian Inspirational, Gods Will, Right Time

  Max Lucado (2007). “Lucado 3-in-1: Traveling Light, Next Door Savior, Come Thirsty”, p.281, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Men, Giving, Reason

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• She couldn't imagine why there was such a difference between those children and her. She couldn't imagine why she and all these other people with her had to be treated this way. Who decided this, and what for?

  Tatiana de Rosnay

  Children, People, Way

  Tatiana De Rosnay (2008). “Sarah's Key”, p.51, Hachette UK

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• I seen it over an' over—a guy talkin' to another guy and it don't make no difference if he don't hear or understand. The thing is, they're talkin', or they're settin' still not talkin'. It don't make no difference, no difference. [...] George can tell you screwy things, and it don't matter. It's just the talking. It's just bein' with another guy. That's all.

  John Steinbeck

  Talking, Guy, Matter

  John Steinbeck (1953). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck”, New York : Viking Press

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• Life is lumpy. And a lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in a breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.

  Robert Fulghum

  Oatmeal, Life Is, Should

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.147, Ivy Books

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• "My insides don't match up with my outsides." "Do anyone's inside and outsides match up?" "I don't know. I'm only me." "Maybe that's what a person's personality is: the difference between the inside and the outside."

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Personality, Persons, Knows

  "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, April 1, 2005.

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• It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

  Zig Ziglar

  Happiness, Want, Who You Are

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.177, Thomas Nelson

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• Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Self, Meditation Practice, Mind

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.13, Workman Publishing

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• The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater the adventure), a margin whose width and length may be determined by unknown factors but whose navigation is determined by the measure of the adventurer's nerve and wits. It is exhilarating to live by one's nerves or toward the summit of one's wits.

  Tom Robbins

  Suicide, Adventure, Nerves

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.112, Bantam

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• Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?

  Mary E. Pearson

  Who We Are, Details, Our Lives

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.113, Macmillan

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• We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others

  Pascal Mercier

  Games, Play, Moments

  Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.8, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Only meaning can make a difference and we all know there's no meaning. All stories express a desire for meaning, not meaning itself. Therefore any difference knowing the story makes is a delusion.

  Glen Duncan

  Knowing, Making A Difference, Desire

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• I wasn’t ready to think about the other yet: that it wasn’t that I wasn’t right for Macon, but that maybe he wasn’t right for me. There was a difference. Even for someone who things didn’t come easy for, someone like me.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Easy, Ready

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Someone Like You”, p.141, Penguin

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• The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.

  Jodi Picoult

  Prayer, Wish, Firsts

  Jodi Picoult (2011). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.296, Simon and Schuster

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• What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a peep out of anything that isn't us? What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are not they both saying: Hello? We spy on whales and on interstellar radio objects; we starve ourselves and pray till we're blue.

  Annie Dillard

  Blue, Whales, Trying

  Annie Dillard (2016). “Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters”, p.66, Canongate Books

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• The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any true sacrifices. He always plays it safe. Though in words, phrases, songs, he is inexhaustible about how highly he prizes Christ, he renounces nothing, gives up nothing, will not reconstruct his life, will not be what he admires, and will not let his life express what it is he supposedly admires.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Song, Giving Up, Sacrifice

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• We're all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up.

  Annie Proulx

  Growing Up, Strange, Disguise

  Annie Proulx (1996). “The Shipping news”

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• Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don't eat the apple. Surprise surprise, they eat it and he leaps out from behind a bush shouting "Gotcha". It wouldn't have made any difference if they hadn't eaten it.' 'Why not?' 'Because if you're dealing with somebody who has the sort of mentality which likes leaving hats on the pavement with bricks under them you know perfectly well they won't give up. They'll get you in the end.

  Douglas Adams

  Giving Up, Garden, Apples

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• The difference between a pebble and a mountain lies in whom you ask to move it.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Inspiring, Lying, Moving

  Twitter post from Jun 02, 2014

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