Quotes About You Can Make A Difference

#1. I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.

Michael Bloomberg

#2. If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.

Lindsay Fox

#3. Join us in the fight to defeat the Washington machine. It's fun and easy to get started. You can make a difference and change the direction of our country! Join today.

Rand Paul

#4. Naturally have a belief that you can make a difference and you will make it unknowingly.

Auliq Ice

#5. 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

#6. 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

#7. Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

Salma Hayek

#8. Nobody can change the world. But you can make a difference.

Seong Pill Kon

#9. I think that what we need to do is say, 'Reading is going to really affect your life.' You take a black man who doesn't have a job, but you say to him, 'Look, you can make a difference in your child's life, just by reading to him for 30 minutes a day.' That's what I would like to do.

Walter Dean Myers

#10. To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.

Betty Williams

#11. I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

Michelle Monaghan

#12. Conversations about politics can give you the somewhat errant impression that you can make a difference to people's lives by talking about what others should be doing.

Daniela I. Norris

#13. You need to find where you fit in this world, where you are happiest, where you can make a difference. And don't be afraid of change.

Jennifer Ryan

#14. Remember, you can make a difference.

John Walsh

#15. 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

#16. 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

#17. 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

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

Samuel Dash

#19. 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

#20. 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

#21. 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

#22. 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

#23. Before you can make a difference, you have to believe you can.

Anne Sweeney

#24. 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

#25. Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.

Alastair Reynolds

#26. 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

#27. 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

#28. Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.

Ernst Haas

#29. If you have a plan, we want to hear it. Tell your community leaders, your local officials, your governor, and your team in Washington. Believe me, your ideas count. An individual can make a difference.

George H. W. Bush

#30. You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

Wangari Maathai

#31. Don't try to prove to everybody that the reason why you can't is that nobody could. It's no excuse. You can break the tradition by being the first person to make it happen!

Israelmore Ayivor

#32. The moral of this story is that sometimes, you can attempt to make all the difference in the world, and it still is like trying to stem the tide with a sieve. The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it ... some stories just don't have a happy ending.

Jodi Picoult

#33. You are a change maker and nothing should clean this notice off the boards of your heart!

Israelmore Ayivor

#34. I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others.

Drew Brees

#35. Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world.

Joyce Giraud

#36. Change comes with sacrifice ... When you want to make a change you must be prepared to make a sacrifice of escaping the comfort zone!

Israelmore Ayivor

#37. Where you read a book and when and with whom can make a big difference.

Robert Coles

#38. I get up every morning and think, today I'm going to make a difference. Today I'm going to end capitalism. Today I'm going to make a revolution. I go to bed every night disappointed but I'm back to work tomorrow, and that's the only way you can do it.

Bill Ayers

#39. The beauty of coaching is that you are working with human beings. I feel very comfortable with my staff that we can make a difference, that we can make a difference on the ice.

Bob Hartley

#40. Money can make a difference. Money shouldn't make you any different.

Kim Kiyosaki

#41. The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.

Ian McKellen

#42. 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

#43. Spending a few moments right when you wake up to inspire and motivate yourself can make all the difference in the rest of your day.

Daniel Willey

#44. The market can move for irrational reasons, and you have to be prepared for that, ... you need to make big bets when the odds are in your favor
not big enough to ruin you, but big enough to make a difference.

Bill Gross

#45. You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you.

Debbie Ford

#46. So you try, and try, to move past it and forget about them, but it's like they're stuck in your head
you can't just flip a switch and stop loving them! So you hate yourself for it because you know it's no use, but nothing you do seems to ever make a difference.

Abby McDonald

#47. Often times we feel like either we can't make a world of difference, or we feel that it's not going to change anything anyway. The truth is you can change someone's day, you can change someone's life, but you have to show up and do what you got to do to actually see any fruit coming from it.

Nick Vujicic

#48. 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

#49. Anyone can be a teacher or professor, but not everyone can influence you to strive for excellence and make a difference in the world around you.

Curtis White

#50. You never know how the little things you do can make a big difference in someone's life.

Jamie Larbi

#51. Know that you make a difference in this world, even if you can't see it or understand it - you do.

Karen Higginbottom

#52. If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void

Barack Obama

#53. With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium. In a way, you are serving the director, and when it is someone that you feel you can have a lot of confidence in, it can make a big difference.

Annette Bening

#54. Never really know what a difference you can make in someone's life, if you're willing to let them in.

Karen McQuestion

#55. Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.

Nikki Haley

#56. Whenever you feel insignificant,
remember that you can make
a significant difference
in the lives of others,
particularly the less fortunate.

Jeffrey A. White

#57. You can't make a difference unless you are different.

Chris Hodges

#58. 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

#59. You don't have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years.

Jim Rohn

#60. Passion
it's the driving force that you just can't ignore. It's what will make your new adventure seem more like fun, than work. It's the difference between wanting to start a business and craving it.

Mac Anderson

#61. A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place to inhabit. So, don't be afraid to take a stand .

Ankita Singhal

#62. How many soaps does P&G make? In a sense, they're all the same. Can you tell me the difference between trading soybeans, cotton and rubber? They're all soaps to us.

Whitney MacMillan

#63. The huge difference in my lifetime is that you can just go up to somebody and make a pass. You couldn't do that in the 1950s if you were gay. There were secret handshakes, a secret language. There was nowhere you could go to be romantic outside of people's houses.

Ian McKellen

#64. If you take energy and climate change, you really cannot deal with the problems with energy and climate change without European co-operation at a high level. If you take digitalisation, it's an obvious area where European co-operation can actually make a difference.

Gordon Brown

#65. Thank you Robin Williams for showing the world that one man can make a difference in the lives of millions, while still fighting his own personal demons. You are missed, but never forgotten.

Steven Wolff

#66. Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn't know about before. Then tell somebody else.

Matt Damon

#67. Life depends on you and your choices. The real value of your life largely depends on what you do with your life. You either move the world or the world moves you! You were born to either show the world why you were born or the world shows you why you were born, period!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#68. Smiling can lift one's spirits, and moreover, make a difference in each life you encounter.

Asa Don Brown

#69. You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.

Leymah Gbowee

#70. It's always inspiring to me to meet people who feel that they can make a difference in the world. That's their motive, that's their passion ... I think that's what makes your life meaningful, that's what fills your own heart and that's what gives you purpose.

Maria Shriver

#71. If you know what you're doing, you can make a meal happen with any kitchen knife. But using a top-quality knife versus a low-quality one is the difference between driving a Jaguar and a VW Jetta across the country. They'll both get you there. But the Jaguar will give you a much smoother ride.

Charlie Trotter

#72. Love coming out of you makes you happy. The whole world can love you, but that love will not make you happy. What will make you happy is to share all the love you have inside you. That is the love that will make a difference.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

#73. Take time to make a difference. Don't just obsess about how you can make your life better. Think about how you can make somebody else's life better as well.

Joel Osteen

#74. Being open is art. Making a connection when it's not part of your job is a gift. You can say your lines and get away with it, or you can touch someone and make a difference in their lives forever.

Seth Godin

#75. If you really got the right people, and you've got them working together as a team, whether it's in business, whether it's in science, whether it's in politics, you can make a big difference.

Steve Case

#76. When the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly all those countries had burgeoning democracies, women were still being left out. The big turning point, about ten years ago, was moving from a notion of empowering women to actually looking at where you can make the most difference, and it's in a girl's life.

Kathy Calvin

#77. Individuals by themselves can make a difference. And by making a difference, you can improve the world.

Bill Frist

#78. I won't lie - I don't care.
And you should quit trying to deceive yourself because I can tell by the way you show no desire to do anything but complain about the issue that you don't honestly care either.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#79. You don't need wealth or position or power to make a difference. You just need to do the best you can with what you have where you are. And if you are faithful in Babylon, God will bless you in Jerusalem.

Mark Batterson

#80. I believe we can balance the scales if Tom Cruise would lower his quote by a mere $29 million ... I assure you my salary would not make a difference. My annual salary is the budget for Altoids on one of Tom's movies.

Alec Baldwin

#81. If you don't believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.

Anita Roddick

#82. If you're going to follow your bliss and make a difference in the world, you'll soon learn that you can't follow the herd.

Wayne Dyer

#83. There's really nowhere else I can go, and even if there were, it wouldn't make a difference
because I'd just be running from myself, and you can't do that no matter how hard you
try, and trying hard is what got you in this predicament in the first place.

Pete Wentz

#84. Can a book make such a difference? Can it change you utterly?

I know it can.

(First essay from The Book That Changed My Life, edited by Roxanne J. Coady & Joy Johannessen)

Dorothy Allison

#85. And because God has entrusted you with such riches, you can use these resources to make a profound difference in countless lives.

Craig Groeschel

#86. I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.

Neill Blomkamp

#87. If you can be content with who you are, how you look and then try every day to make a difference to someone else, then it leads to a wonderful life. It's a shame more humans can't grasp that fact. - M.K. Clinton

M.K. Clinton

#88. You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.

Gene Simmons

#89. The best advice I have is keep writing, keep practicing, keep winning, losing and understanding the difference. Never stop learning, never stop pushing yourself. Then find yourself a team you can work well with and help make awesome things happen.

Rhianna Pratchett

#90. You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.

Mitt Romney

#91. The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?

Johann Lamont

#92. Never fight any progressive moves unless you can move faster to achieve something different.

Ferdinard S. Lawson

#93. If you can earn enough money, but can't value it enough, it won't really make a difference

Harsh Agarwal

#94. I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from the idea that you have to read or you're going to suffer. There's a difference to be made - and you can make it if you read with your child.

Walter Dean Myers

#95. Now somebody will ask me, Pete, how can you prove these songs really make a difference? And I have to confess I can't prove a darn thing, except that the people in power must think they do something, because they keep the songs off the air.

Pete Seeger

#96. There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make a difference, but I'm putting it into action.

Kurt Busch

#97. I can't fix the world. If you want to make a difference in life, you have to direct your energies in a focused way.

Bill Bryson

#98. A clear passion, a resolute determination, a can-do spirit; these are the rods for creating a great mark!

Israelmore Ayivor

#99. It turns out, all the studies show you invest a little time in another person's life, often a younger person, and all of us have that capacity to do it, just an hour a week, an hour every couple of weeks, and you can make a tremendous difference in a kid's life over their lifetime.

John Prendergast

#100. Everybody is standing, but you must stand out.
Everybody is breaking grounds; but you must breakthrough!
Everybody scratching it; but you must scratch it hard!
Everybody is going, but you must keep going extra miles!
Dare to be exceptionally excellent and why not?

Israelmore Ayivor