Making A Difference Quotes - Page 25

• I love the idea of the big life - the life that matters, the life that makes a difference. The life where stuff happens, where people take action. The opposite of the life where the girl can't even speak to the boy she likes; the opposite of the life where the friends aren't even good friends, and lots of days are wasted away feeling bored and kind of okay, like nothing matters much.

  E. Lockhart

  Girl, Good Friend, Boys

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Fly on the Wall”, p.35, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Caring, Differences, Acting

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• Part of Clary wanted to lean sideways and put her head on her mother’s shoulder. She could even close her eyes, pretend everything was all right. The other part of her knew that it wouldn’t make a difference; she couldn’t keep her eyes closed forever.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mother, Eye, Differences

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1150, Simon and Schuster

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• You make a difference about your life it's a knock on the head of mind setting your life you see the stars they shine across the way you build a bridge you make it shine the only way to make a difference is to help the community!

  Demi Lovato

  Stars, Bridges, Differences

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• If i can do just one tenth of the good Michael Jackson did for others, i can really make a difference in this world

  Justin Bieber

  Differences, World, Can Do

  "First Step 2 Forever: My Story". Book by Justin Bieber (p. 177), 2010.

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• Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

  Chaim Potok

  Differences, Ifs

  Chaim Potok (2009). “My Name Is Asher Lev”, p.140, Anchor

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• Like her father, he wasn't comfortable sharing his thoughts and feelings. She tried to explain that she needed to be closer to him, but it had never seemed to make a difference.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Father, Differences, Feelings

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• I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

  John C. Maxwell

  Differences, People, Want

  John C. Maxwell (2008). “Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)”, p.531, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.

  Alastair Reynolds

  Kids, Differences, Feelings

  Alastair Reynolds (2006). “Century Rain”, p.84, Penguin

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• Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito

  Jeannette Walls

  Thinking, Differences, Mosquitoes

  Jeannette Walls (2010). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If I'm wrong, ten angels swearing I was right won't make a difference.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Positive, Peace, Mean

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• The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.

  Max Lucado

  Business, Differences, People

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.409, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful antidote. Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference.

  Jared Diamond

  Differences, Environmental, Haiti

  Jared Diamond (2011). “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition”, p.308, Penguin

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• There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

  Helen Keller

  Eye, Dark, Helping Others

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• You've met Nick?" "Yep, we've met, all right. He was kind enough to inform me that I have absolutely no say in whether you two date." "Well, you don't." "You know, you all could at least pretend that my opinion makes a difference.

  Julie James

  Two, Differences, Opinion

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• 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

  Differences, Our World, Order

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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, Differences, Lucky

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

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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

  Differences, Knowing, Desire

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• You can’t go back. Can’t fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference.” She pushed away from the desk, cupped his face in her hands. “From where I’m standing, you’re the best step I ever took.

  Nora Roberts

  Hands, Differences, Matter

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection”, p.1333, Penguin

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• It makes no difference to me whether I shoot you or you fall to your death.” “It does make a difference,” I said, my voice small but confident. “You and I share the same blood.” I lifted my hand precariously, showing him my birthmark. “I’m your descendant. If I sacrifice my blood, Patch will become human and you’ll die. It’s written in The Book of Enoch.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Book, Fall, Sacrifice

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not the person I once was. I have Thorn now, and... I'm not fighting for myself anymore....It makes a difference....I used to think you were a fool to keep risking your life as you have...I know better now. I understand...why. I understand...' His [Murtagh] eyes widened and his grimace relaxed, as if his pain was forgotten, and an inner light seemed to illuminate his features. 'I understand-we understand.

  Christopher Paolini

  Pain, Eye, Fighting

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• Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning a new language, picking up a new sport. Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. Even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new, and make a difference in your life. Yes lets you stand out in a crowd, be the optimist, to stay positive, be the one everyone comes to. Yes is what keeps us all young.

  Eric Schmidt

  Country, Jobs, Mean

  UC Berkeley Commencement Address, news.berkeley.edu. May 12, 2012.

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• Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. And I had noticed him, as he had me. God help us.

  Sarah Dunant

  Eye, Differences, People

  Sarah Dunant (2004). “The Birth of Venus: A Novel”, p.102, Random House

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• The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do, like having a family, earning money, traveling, and learning a foreign language. Others, though, decide that it really is possible to make a difference in society and to shape the world we will hand on to future generations.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Hands, Differences

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• Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Inspirational, Life, Determination

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