Making A Difference Quotes - Page 24

• People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.

  Sharon Stone

  Differences, People, Behavior

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• Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Leadership, Fighting, Differences

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• Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

  Meryl Streep

  Thinking, Compassion, Differences

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• Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible task, and that fiscal-stimulus programs are usually too small, and arrive too late, to make a difference.

  James Surowiecki

  Differences, Tasks, Fiscal Policy

  "The Stimulus Strategy". www.newyorker.com. February 25, 2008.

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• When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

  Andre Leon Talley

  Differences, People, Envelopes

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• Whatever avenue I feel like I can make a difference in, I'd love to do.

  Tim Tebow

  Differences, Feels, Avenues

  "Tebow's drive: To make a difference". Interview with Rich Cimini, www.espn.com.au. September 18, 2012.

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• I realized just how much exercise and eating right make a difference in how you feel now and when you get older.

  Ashley Tisdale

  Exercise, Differences, How You Feel

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• Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Basketball, Differences

  "Kanye West Compares Himself to Hitler". www.usmagazine.com. August 08, 2011.

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• What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Business, Congratulations

  "The Queen of Daytime TV". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. February 25, 1991.

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• I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Thinking, Ice, Ideas

  "'Elysium' Interview: Neill Blomkamp's Team On Creating A New Sci-Fi World". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, screencrush.com. April 10, 2013.

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• Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?

  Sean Covey

  Motivational, Careers, Differences

  Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we're safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.

  David Guterson

  Love Is, Differences, World

  David Guterson (2009). “Snow Falling on Cedars”, p.109, A&C Black

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• We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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• 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.

  Marilyn Manson

  Differences, Bills, Nightmare

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• By eating meat we share responsibility for causing climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian can make a difference in the health of our planet.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Peace, Responsibility

  "The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology". Book by Nhat Hanh, September 1, 2008.

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• John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrim’s Progress, said “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who cannot pay you back.” Make a decision that you will live to give. Be on the lookout each day for somebody you can bless. Don’t’ live for yourself; learn to give yourself away, and your life will make a difference.

  Joel Osteen

  Book, Differences, Giving

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• When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, He’s offering you an opportunity to make a difference in that person’s life. You must learn to follow that love. Don’t ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.

  Joel Osteen

  Heart, Opportunity, Compassion

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• For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.

  C. S. Lewis

  Differences, Religion, Purpose

  C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.318, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

  Joanne Harris

  Differences, House, Village

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• I’ve gotta get out of the basement. I’ve gotta see the world. I’ve gotta make a difference

  Gerard Way

  Cheer Up, Differences, World

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• Your pillow alone may be home to 40 million bed mites. (To them your head is just one large oily bon-bon). And don't think a clean pillow-case will make a difference... Indeed, if your pillow is six years old--which is apparently about the average age for a pillow--it has been estimated that one-tenth of its weight will be made up of sloughed skin, living mites, dead mites and mite dung.

  Bill Bryson

  Home, Thinking, Average

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• There is a difficulty with only one person changing. People call that person a great saint or a great mystic or a great leader, and they say, 'Well, he's different from me - I could never do it.' What's wrong with most people is that they have this block - they feel they could never make a difference, and therefore, they never face the possibility, because it is too disturbing, too frightening.

  David Bohm

  Block, Differences, People

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• I know I have to stop. We all have to stop. Funny how knowing something's a bad idea doesn't make a difference.

  Sara Ryan

  Ideas, Differences, Knowing

  Sara Ryan (2009). “Rules for Hearts”, p.94, Penguin

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• We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.

  William J. Clinton

  Future, Helping Others, Helping

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.151, Best Books on

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• Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.

  Fred Rogers

  Senior, College, Differences

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.81, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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