People Making A Difference Quotes

#1. There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference.

Dennis Kucinich

#2. Suppose you didn't know him, would that make any difference?'
'No,' said Willie, after thinking a little. 'Other people would know
him if I didn't.'
'Yes, and if nobody knew him, God would know him, and anybody God has
thought worth making, it's an honor to do anything for.

George MacDonald

#3. We want to build things that encourage creativity and exploration. We're working to build a company focused on sustainable, creative and fulfilling game development. It's aimed at making a positive difference in our lives, as well as the lives of our people.

Robin Hunicke

#4. Funny. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people's lives too. Saving them from their "wild African ways." Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving. One-Fifteen

Angie Thomas

#5. People don't believe that their actions really and truly are going to make a difference. But kids get it. They know. And they get all excited about the difference they're making.

Jane Goodall

#6. If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.

Seth Godin

#7. I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life.

Carrie Underwood

#8. To make a difference in the world, it only takes one optimistic person, who can gather millions of people to make the change.

Gia Russell

#9. The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work for a company that makes a difference, a company that is doing great things in the world.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

#10. If you run your business fairly; if you treat people well; if you try to move your business into areas that are making a real positive difference to other peoples lives; I think you'll A. have much pleasant life, but B. I think you'll have a much more successful business.

Richard Branson

#11. We've been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it's your turn to stand up and stand out.

Seth Godin

#12. To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.

Kat Graham

#13. People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

Jacqueline Novogratz

#14. I wanna leave this world better than I found it. I have the ability to draw people to my comedy shows so I wanna use that blessing not to make money but to make a difference.

Carlos Wallace

#15. There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.

Mandy Hale

#16. People who have NO ambition to make a difference in this life should not interrupt the people who DO.

Tanya Masse

#17. A man ought to get all he can earn. A man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of the profit he brings in. Don't make any difference if it's baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. It's business, I tell you. There ain't no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.

Babe Ruth

#18. I think you can get happiness through making a real difference in other people's lives by setting out to make other people's lives better and setting out to right the wrongs in the world.

Richard Branson

#19. A single, ordinary person still can make a difference - and single, ordinary people are doing precisely that every day.

Chris Bohjalian

#20. I was recently asked about the business side of 'Biggest Loser,' but as long as we entertain people, we can keep coming back and making a difference. It's a delicate balance, but one feeds off the other. I feel so good about the show - it's uplifting and inspiring and entertaining at the same time.

Alison Sweeney

#21. Mean girls go far in high school. Kind women go far in LIFE.

Mandy Hale

#22. You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.

Caleb Johnson

#23. I work in my study, taking the collections of words that people send me and making small adjustments to them, changing something here and there, checking everything is in order and putting a part of myself into the text by introducing just a little bit of difference. ("Substitutions")

Michael Marshall Smith

#24. What we create together is a relationship in which our work can show up as making a difference in people's lives. I welcome the unprecedented opportunity for us to work globally on that which concerns us all as human beings.

Werner Erhard

#25. People have power to make a difference in their lives.

Oprah Winfrey

#26. We are not on this earth to just stand still & look pretty. The museums already have enough statues.

Mandy Hale

#27. I am gratified on a regular basis by the people I meet all across the country who dedicate their efforts to protecting the environment and public health and are making a difference. The great thing about working on important issues is all of the other people you meet doing the same thing.

Laurie David

#28. Never before have there been so many people capable of making a profound difference and yet never have there been so many temptations to behave otherwise.

A. Darius Husain

#29. Although AmeriCorps is making a difference among its participants and the people they serve, we must address homelessness and the need for job training among our veterans.

Cliff Stearns

#30. If you make a difference, people will gravitate to you. They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.

Seth

#31. A friend of mine works for Autism Speaks. It's an amazing cause that is making a real difference in the lives of so many people.

Adrienne Bailon

#32. When you surround yourself with positive people who are making a difference in the world, you start to believe anything is possible.

Steven Aitchison

#33. 5-hour Energy has always been about helping hard working people, and the Amazing People program takes this further by making a significant difference in the lives of those who are working through difficult circumstances.

Manoj Bhargava

#34. Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it's about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

John C. Maxwell

#35. I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

John Shirley

#36. In a world where very few people care if you live or die, there is a light that shines in the distance. It has a name that they call hope and it carries with it people that never stop caring. They learned long ago that extending mercy was not a choice, but a place where God lives.

Shannon L. Alder

#37. There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.

John Scalzi

#38. The alternatives in my life went through my mind. Unemployed, alone, despairing, watching daytime TV. That couldn't end well.

Or helping people, like genuinely making a difference. Imagine waking up and doing that every day?

Ruth Ahmed

#39. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people's lives too. Saving them from their "wild African ways." Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving.

Angie Thomas

#40. Running a business is making a difference in people's lives

Richard Branson

#41. When we engage people in conversations about great work, we're not asking them to solve a problem for us. We're not selling something, nor are we asking for some kind of handout. What we're really doing is inviting them to participate with us in the shared enjoyment of making a difference.

David Sturt

#42. In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference.

Nicky Gumbel

#43. You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference.

Amit Kalantri

#44. I love making people smile. I get so much energy through interacting and feeling like I've made a difference, a small difference.

Debbi Fields

#45. A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.

Mark Zuckerberg

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

Hayley Williams

#47. People want to feel what they do makes a difference.

Frances Hesselbein

#48. The way you treat people who are in no position to help you, further you, or benefit you reveals the true state of your heart.

Mandy Hale

#49. If you create something that makes a difference in people's lives, you are likely to become a business success as well

Richard Branson

#50. You have to have good training partners and not people who crank on things. There's a difference between cranking on it and catching it, holding it and making the guy work out. You have to be selective with your training partners for sure.

Jon Fitch

#51. There's a difference between racism and people making a joke about something. There is true racism going on, and people should be able to identify what that is, comparatively.

Chelsea Handler

#52. Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.

Jane Goodall

#53. Find something that you are passionate about in making a difference and you'll find a waiting kinship of people willing to unite for the cause.

Wes Adamson

#54. Lance Armstrong showed up, and I started talking to him; I saw all these people with cancer who followed him to Paris for the Tour de France, and I saw the difference he was making in their lives. That put it together for me ... having it be not so much about me, but [my being] a vehicle for it.

Michael J. Fox

#55. In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.

Laura Bush

#56. I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.

Rodney King

#57. You must know, the day your star exploded into my universe, you altered it all. You exposed my light and my dark, settled into my existence and there you will be and glow in the matter of my heart, long after light is only a memory. You have changed things for always.

Jennifer DeLucy