Making A Difference Quotes - Page 38

• In a lot of close games, I can make a difference with my speed.

  Johnny Damon

  Games, Differences, Speed

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• It doesn't matter that I play football. Anybody can make a difference in life.

  Tony Gonzalez

  Football, Play, Differences

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• My motivation comes from a desire to make a difference in the quality of people's lives.

  Marie Forleo

  Motivation, Differences, People

  "B-School". Interview with Rachel P. Goldstein, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 7, 2012.

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• If you can get to a girl and make a difference in her life, you're actually going to have a greater impact on a woman's life. If you don't get to her as a girl, you may not be able ever to help her as a woman.

  Kathy Calvin

  Girl, Impact, Differences

  "Kathy Calvin | President/CEO of United Nations Foundation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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• The real strength of the environmental movement is the tens of thousands, even millions of individuals around the world who are really making a difference and they are doing it out of passion.

  Paul Watson

  Real, Passion, Differences

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• All of a sudden people in the United States start to realize that vaccines make a difference. The controversy and the myth that's there, we're always trying to bust through that. So when I see a disease outbreak, I say to myself, "OK, that'll get people realizing how lucky we are to have vaccines."

  Melinda Gates

  Vaccines, Always Trying, Differences

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• Knowledge is the key to making a difference.

  Sylvia Earle

  Keys, Differences

  Twitter post from May 15, 2017

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• It feels good to rail against what is wrong in the world, to fight the good fight, to beat the drum of making a difference. I am right there with you.

  Brenda Strong

  Fighting, Differences, Feel Good

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• I would make a difference by banning unsustainable palm oil in order to save the rainforest and orangutan habitats along with the rest of the three hundred thousand other species that live in the rainforest.

  Katie Cleary

  Order, Oil, Differences

  "Katie Cleary, President and Founder of Peace 4 Animals: Get Proactive!". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I care about this crazy little planet and I would love to make a difference.

  Richard Patrick

  Crazy, Differences, Littles

  "Richard Patrick of Filter". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I've learned enough things the hard way to know we humans can make a difference.

  Richard Patrick

  Differences, Way, I've Learned

  "Richard Patrick of Filter". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• My focus is not on any one particular election or any one particular candidate. My focus is on the issues and policy that will make a difference expanding opportunity.

  Ted Cruz

  Opportunity, Differences, Issues

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. July 18, 2016.

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• Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on his face when the bread finally arrives. Hope that you might have baked it or bought or even kneaded it yourself. For that look on his face, for your meeting his eyes across a piece of bread, you might be willing to lose a lot, or suffer a lot, or die a little, even.

  Daniel Berrigan

  Peace, Eye, Men

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• What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don't make a difference in how we are treated.

  Yolanda King

  Respect, Differences, Diversity

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• Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Happiness, Happy, Running

  James Freeman Clarke (1877). “The hour which cometh, and now is: sermons”

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• "Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference"

  Claire Fagin

  Education, Opportunity, Differences

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• Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.

  Martin Sheen

  Dream, Country, Children

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• The test of your worldview is not how you act in the good times. The test of your worldview is how you act at the funeral. Having been through literally hundreds if not thousands of funerals: ... It makes a difference what you believe.

  Rick Warren

  God, Believe, Differences

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• I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie. Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It's never easy when there's so much on the line.

  Herman Cain

  Believe, Differences, Challenges

  "Politicians Who Made You Laugh Out Loud In 2011". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 30, 2011.

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• To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.

  Eli Broad

  Appreciation, Money, Art

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• Your self-confidence is directly connected to how much you feel you are making a difference in the world.

  Brian Tracy

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Differences

  Brian Tracy (1998). “The Gift of Self-Confidence”, p.38, Jaico Publishing House

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• It is your ability as a creative person to envision positive change that will make a difference.

  Patricia Johanson

  Healing, Differences, Creative

  Caffyn Kelley, Patricia Johanson (2006). “Art and Survival: Patricia Johanson's Environmental Projects”, Salt Spring Island, B.C. : Islands Institute

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• In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and attack the challenge head on is only about us-no one can touch that. If we win or lose this weekend, it will not make a difference in our lives. But why we play and how we play will make a difference in our lives forever.

  Beth Anders

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• If you worry about making bogeys, it makes the game that much more difficult. You put more pressure on yourself without even noticing it. It makes a difference to take it easy when things aren't going right.

  Sergio Garcia

  Golf, Games, Differences

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• Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I've pushed hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution, and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.

  Larry Page

  Technology, Differences, Focus

  "More glass from Google: CEO Larry Page gets transparent" by Steven Levy, www.wired.com. April 5, 2012.

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