Making A Difference Quotes - Page 40

• While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Helping Others, Charity, Earning

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• The folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. They're pissed off. They're sick and tired, but in a passionate way. They're driven by a fire in their bellies to make a difference.

  Peter Diamandis

  Meaningful, Tired, Differences

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• In the gospel message, the beginning of change occurs in the heart of each individual. This heart change makes a difference in the home, then in the community, and ultimately in the nation- and in turn it shapes the future of a cultural ethos.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Home, Heart, Ethos

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• I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and then you try to make a difference of some sort.

  Craig Newmark

  Jobs, Business, Differences

  "CRAIGSLIST / On the record: Craig Newmark". SFGATE Interview, www.sfgate.com. August 15, 2004.

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• Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.

  Norm Rice

  Inspirational, Helping Others, Light

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• The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.

  Laurence Leamer

  Hands, Differences, Charity

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• Heaven is more than a destination; it is a motivation. Knowing that we shall dwell in the heavenly city ought to make a difference in our lives here and now.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Motivation, Cities, Differences

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2003). “Ephesians Through Revelation”, p.624, David C Cook

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• It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that you can be because you will always be uniquely you. It is why it is always wise to listen to your eternal heart, your eternal instincts, and what it had always strove for and/or to do because really anybody can make a difference not only in their own lives but in the lives of others. It is never too late to shine; never.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Softball, Wise

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• People who are 'different' are usually the ones that end up making a difference in the world.

  Hayley Williams

  Inspirational, Differences, People

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• Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

  Larry H. Miller

  Motivational, Change, Generosity

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• Sometimes a man imagines that he will lose himself if he gives himself, and keep himself if he hides himself. But the contrary takes place with terrible exactitude.

  Ernest Hello

  Men, Giving, Charity

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• Violence needs to stop. All of us - men and women - need to speak up and teach our children that violence is never the solution. Together we can all make a difference. The best place to start is with yourself.

  Will Young

  Children, Men, Together We Can

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• If you think that one individual can't make a difference in the world, consider what one cigar can do in a nine-room house.

  Bill Vaughan

  Thinking, Differences, House

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• Every time somebody ever told you that you weren't gonna amount to anything, you know, that's your time to shine, you know? You can show everybody and prove to yourself what you're doing is real and that it counts and that it makes a difference.

  Frank Iero

  Real, Differences, Shining

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• To make a difference is just... I think... the purpose of what life is.

  Anastacia

  Thinking, Differences, Purpose

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• Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.

  Jim Butcher

  Real, Stupid, Differences

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• I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids.

  Chris Evert

  Player, Differences, Used

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• I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.

  Clara Hughes

  Mean, Differences, World

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• Even if is 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, and likely in others' lives as well... Yes is what keeps us all young. Yes is a tiny word that can do big things. Say it often.

  Eric Schmidt

  Inspirational, Mean, Differences

  "Google’s Eric Schmidt to graduates: 'Find a way to say YES to things'". Eric Schmidt's keynote speech at graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2012 of the University of California at Berkeley, news.berkeley.edu. May 12, 2012.

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• The most reliable predictor of not being lonely is the amount of contact with women. Time spent with men doesn't make a difference.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Lonely, Men, Differences

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• Software touches all of these different things you use, and tech companies are revolutionizing all different areas of the world...from how we shop to how farming works, all these things that aren't technical are being turned upside down by software. So being able to play in that universe really makes a difference.

  Drew Houston

  Play, Differences, Different

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• Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I've grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible.

  Prince Harry

  Mother, Father, Differences

  "Lonely prince looking for love: Harry opens his heart on his search for a fairytale princess" by Victoria Murphy, www.mirror.co.uk. March 14, 2012.

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• I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him. Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. However, one man can make a difference. We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success.

  Hyman Rickover

  Jobs, Believe, Fate

  United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Selected congressional testimony and speeches by Adm. H.G. Rickover, 1953-81”

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• Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself

  Anita Hill

  Differences, People, Important

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• When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

  Samuel Dash

  Believe, Differences, Imagination

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