Top 100 Can Make A Difference Quotes
#1. 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
#2. 'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.
John Prendergast
#3. That's what being young is all about. You have the courage and the daring to think that you can make a difference. You're not prone to measure your energies in time. You're not likely to live by equations.
Ruby Dee
#4. You can never tell what type of impact you may make on another's life by your actions or lack of action. Some times just with a smile on the street to a passing stranger can make a difference we could never imagine.
Ed Foreman
#5. The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference.
David Jeremiah
#6. We can make a difference. We can save lives. We can stop the genocide.
Kendrick Meek
#7. Thoughtful people are concerned with the future because that is the only area of experience about which anything can be done. We cannot change the past, and the present is gone as soon as it is reported, but the future is that in which we can make a difference.
D. Elton Trueblood
#8. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.
Alan Rickman
#9. We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if we buy the things that are ethical for us to buy and don't buy the things that are not, we can change the world overnight.
Jane Goodall
#10. Please, put aside all excuses and ask yourself, "What should I be doing?" Yes, you alone can make a difference. The question is, will you?
Charles R. Swindoll
#11. I won't stay silent anymore, not when speaking out can make a difference.
Romina Russell
#12. We don't know anything about racism. We've never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?
Jane Elliott
#14. If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
#15. We can make a difference and have fun doing it
Wavy Gravy
#16. It's tough not to keep thinking of the past, but you have to look ahead. Because the stuff in front of you is where you can make a difference and help the most.
Marin Thomas
#17. It doesn't matter that I play football. Anybody can make a difference in life.
Tony Gonzalez
#18. Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference.
Michael Gurian
#19. Small experiences, the smallest, can make a difference in a person's life. Once they've had that experience, they're changed forever.
Kage Alan
#20. We may not have the ability to change all of the world's wrongs, but we can make a difference where we are.
Dillon Burroughs
#21. Most serious plane crashes are survivable. There's a sense that, 'Oh, if we go down, that's it, it's out of my hands.' And that's just statistically not true. I have more optimism and more faith that my own actions can make a difference.
Amanda Ripley
#22. One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.
Bob Riley
#23. Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.
Alastair Reynolds
#24. Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.
Bradley Whitford
#25. What matters is that you develop the mindset that people want what you have to offer. Your belief that you truly can make a difference makes all the difference! It's called congruent communication.
Matt Anderson
#26. To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.
Susan Sarandon
#27. There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation and you gain a direct understanding of the real problems and potential solutions, which makes you a more informed giver.
Michael Milken
#28. I believe it's true that one person can make a difference. But how much more difference 100 people make, or rather 99.
Robert Hayden
#29. A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'
Jim Yong Kim
#30. And then there's the way that people come here, earnest and full of dreams, believing that they can make a difference. That's the thing about DC - people are always leaving but that makes space for the new transplants, the crowds that keep flooding in, full of energy and wonder.
Jennifer Close
#31. Before you can make a difference, you have to believe you can.
Anne Sweeney
#32. 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 G. Rickover
#33. Attitude isn't everything, but it is one thing that can make a difference in your life.
John C. Maxwell
#34. You can make a difference in another person's life and not realize it, just by giving them One Moment of your time, One Memory to recall, One Motion that tells them they are not alone! OM!
Deb Simpson
#35. A single, ordinary person still can make a difference - and single, ordinary people are doing precisely that every day.
Chris Bohjalian
#36. If people support independently owned small businesses in their community, they can make a difference.
Kenneth Chenault
#37. Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
Queen Latifah
#38. God sees everything at once and knows what you are called to do. Our part is not to play God, but to trust God - to believe that our single, solitary life can make a difference
Zig Ziglar
#39. Whatever avenue I feel like I can make a difference in, I'd love to do.
Tim Tebow
#40. Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other people want to do as little as possible to get the day done.
Amy Poehler
#41. For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.
Richard Branson
#42. If you can capture the humanity of a family struggling in an economic crisis you can make a difference. You can raise awareness just of the simple humanity.
Emily Blunt
#43. One voice, your voice can make a difference.
Sue Felder
#44. Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
Bill Walton
#45. I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.
Liz Carpenter
#46. Box office is one of the strongest tools we have toward preserving our ability to make our movies. We really can make a difference by purchasing a ticket each opening weekend to a movie made by a woman, even if you don't like the movie or the filmmaker and even if you don't see the film.
Allison Anders
#47. A true Seeker, one who can make a difference, must show himself to be a Seeker. The wizard doesn't point to someone and say, 'Here is the Sword of Truth, you will be the Seeker.' He doesn't really have a choice in the matter.
Terry Goodkind
#48. Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.
Kate Middleton
#49. Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign ... you can start small, and that's just as important.
Blake Mycoskie
#50. In a lot of close games, I can make a difference with my speed.
Johnny Damon
#51. I actually think every person can make a difference. Every single human being has within the impulse to express more of who they truly are.
Barbara Marx Hubbard
#52. I was always brought up that if you can make a difference, you should, and if you don't it's a waste. So we'll see if I can make a difference.
David Miliband
#53. Research is showing that we can change our attitude, and thereby our relationship to our circumstances, in ways that can make a difference in our health and well-being, and possibly to our longevity.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
#54. One
person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You
don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in
your power to change things.
Norman Vincent Peale
#55. When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.
Samuel Dash
#56. No matter who you are, where you've come from, what you've been through ... You can make a difference in this world.
Demi Lovato
#57. 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. But you and I can make a difference. There's a mission just for you and me.'
Herman Cain
#58. Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.
Zaha Hadid
#59. Doing a job, or even watching a film, can make a difference to your life, but I don't think it ever has an explosive impact where your life will never be the same again. It kind of seeps into your life, and perhaps realise you're a little more vigilant about certain things than you might have been.
Colin Firth
#60. I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.
Hubert H. Humphrey
#61. Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can.
Marvin Hamlisch
#62. Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution is that she told us a regular person can make a difference.
Marc Morial
#63. One person can make a difference," said Seeley, "and bit by bit, little by little moral decency can and will prevail.
Cathrina Constantine
#64. Knowing that we can make a difference in this world is a great motivator. How can we know this and not be involved?
Susan Jeffers
#65. As prayer warriors, we must remember that no matter how hopeless a situation may appear to us, God gives us power in prayer to do something about it.
We may be overwhelmed by it, but God isn't. We may not see a way out, but God can. Because of Him, we can make a difference!
Stormie O'martian
#66. The best advice I ever got was from Lee Iacocca ... It was get into a business where you can be a big fish, not the little fish. Get into a business where you can be a change agent, where you can make a difference.
Marcus Lemonis
#67. People need to believe they can make a difference - that one person standing strong can turn the tide.
Ann Aguirre
#68. One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
John F. Kennedy
#69. I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#70. I do believe that not just the churches but strong communities, strong trade unions, strong families can make a difference in terms of producing persons much more virtuous than what one usually finds in a gangster culture.
Cornel West
#71. Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.
Jeanette Winterson
#72. In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their early seasons in second-rate machinery, Hamilton walked into the equal best car on the grid. His first season none the less has, by any standards, been extraordinary.
Martin Jacques
#73. I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference ... I am an optimist who worries a lot.
Madeleine Albright
#74. The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful.
Nick Saban
#75. 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
#76. One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp.
Jeff Bridges
#77. You don't need incredible resources to impact another human being. You can make a difference by being conscious, by thinking of creative ways to make others feel good about themselves.
Lucy Kaylin
#78. Remember, you can make a difference.
John Walsh
#79. I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.
Aaron Peirsol
#80. We know in history that great individuals have totally changed everything, whether it be Jesus Christ or Abraham Lincoln or Winston Churchill or Albert Einstein. I actually think every person can make a difference.
Barbara Marx Hubbard
#81. Family councils, led by righteous, loving parents who are striving to teach their children to love and respect each other, can make a difference in creating a sense of discipline, order and loving cooperation in the home.
M. Russell Ballard
#82. The quickest way to change the world is to be of service to others. Show that your love can make a difference in the lives of people and thereby someone else's love can make a difference in your life. By each of us doing that and working together we change the world one inner person at a time.
Dannion Brinkley
#83. It's important that women support women. It gives me a great sense of well-being to know that I can make a difference in people's lives.
Sheila Johnson
#84. I'm glad if my work can make a difference.
Lena Dunham
#85. Even one kid going hungry in America is one too many. How can we stand by when the reality is that there are more than 12 million underfed children in the U.S.? We can make a difference.
LeAnn Rimes
#86. I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.
Miranda Cosgrove
#87. One ordinary woman connected to an extraordinary God can make a difference
Pam Farrel
#88. Ordinary people who walk with an extraordinary God of grace and power, really can make a difference in other as yet unreached lives.
Ross Paterson
#89. Together we can make a difference and empower communities to be self sufficient.
David Batstone
#90. One man can make a difference and every man should try.
J.F. Kennedy
#91. WE All Can Make A Difference Towards A Better Humanity!
Timothy Pina
#92. There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.
Pat Summitt
#93. Find ways to embrace the things that make you unique, and you'll unlock the ways you can make a difference in the world.
Dan Miller
#94. Once I stop spending energy trying to prevent things I have no control over, I have a tremendous amount of energy to focus on the places where I can make a difference.
Michael Treanor
#95. 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
#96. it seems like there are ten lousy situations you can't do anything about, for every one where you can make a difference, it's all about putting your right foot forward, and just taking those small steps.
Jerome Preisler
#97. Opportunity does not need to be exactly equal. It needs only to exist. For the talented and motivated, that will be enough ... The vital thing is not to maximize everyone's performance, but to ensure maximal performance from the most talented, the ones who can make a difference.
William A. Henry III
#98. Fantasy is like an idealized reality, and the core of fantasy is the one person can make a difference.
R.A. Salvatore
#99. In this world of hate there has to be a light Be that light and spread some love Maybe this day the youth can make a difference, No more hate!
Christofer Drew
#100. I guess one person can make a difference.
Stan Lee
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