Making A Difference Quotes - Page 3

• I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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• The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Country, Attitude, War

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.

  Norman Lear

  Change, Desire, Adults

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• Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Appreciation, Responsibility, Helping Others

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• One person can make a difference.

  Raoul Wallenberg

  Bullying, Differences, Volunteer

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• The best things in life aren't things.

  Art Buchwald

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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• If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Evil, Passing Away, Helping

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• It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Meaningful, Differences, Long

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• I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.

  Lady Gaga

  Money, Differences, Want

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• In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Bridges, Giving, Solitude

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• Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Inspirational, Karma, Kindness

  Barbara De Angelis (2013). “Real Moments: Discover the Secret for True Happiness”, p.279, Dell

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• The world is not interested in what we do for a living. What they are interested in is what we have to offer freely - hope, strength, love and the power to make a difference!

  Sasha Azevedo

  Inspirational, Differences, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

  Gene Mauch

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.

  Ellen Page

  Inspirational, Change, Effort

  Ellen Page's speech at the Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive conference at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, www.youtube.com. February 14, 2014.

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• It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

  Robert Kennedy

  Change, Hope, Courage

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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  Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

  Edmund Burke

  Life, Courage, Time

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

  Khalil Gibran

  Work, Generosity, Giving

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jun 27, 2013

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• Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.

  Natalie Angier

  Light, Generosity, Joy

  "Why We're So Nice: We're Wired to Cooperate" by Natalie Angier, www.nytimes.com. July 23, 2002.

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• Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Life, Motivational, Change

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• You can have lots of feelings and have the same feelings over and over again. It isn't the recognizable feelings that make so much difference. It is sensing the edge, the unclear, what you don't recognize, but it is there, the bodily discomfort that the problem makes, which has meaning; it has its own peculiar quality, implicity, it is complex, it has in it everything that relates to that problem, but not in a way you can say.

  Eugene Gendlin

  Differences, Feelings, Quality

  Source: www.focusing.org

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