Trying To Make A Difference Quotes

#1. What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.

Elizabeth Edwards

#2. I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.

T. Boone Pickens

#3. We all look different, but we all are the same. We are all just human beings trying to make a difference in a world branded by globalisation.

Haidji

#4. I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at their lives differently, or give them an escape.

Hill Harper

#5. Working in Washington, trying to make a difference, that was a very meaningful time for me, a period of personal growth.

Tim Finchem

#6. Majority of folks out there are trying to make a difference. Don't just make a difference; become the difference!

Ogwo David Emenike

#7. To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference.

Bill Hicks

#8. There are people who are out to take advantage of others and some who are merely putting in their time. But most of the people I encounter in the work place are desperately trying to make a difference and what to be effective at their jobs.

David Livermore

#9. The problem in modern America is not that an individual can't make a difference, but that nearly all of us are too distracted to even consider trying.

Oliver DeMille

#10. The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write a great book. But if we remove that from the equation, it's the same impulse and they are equally entitled to their ecstasies and their despair.

Michael Cunningham

#11. We must occasionally remind ourselves of our brief visit on this planet. Shouldn't we try to express ourselves clearly, make a personal stamp on our environment, and pay attention to the details that make the difference?

Charlotte Moss

#12. Marketers have long known that a name can make all the difference when you're trying to move the merch. The kiwifruit was once the Chinese gooseberry, after all - at least until the produce peddlers wised up - and the Chilean sea bass was once the singularly unappetizing Patagonian toothfish.

Jeffrey Kluger

#13. I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference.

John Shirley

#14. We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Marian Wright Edelman

#15. Together on the path of love, we can try to make a small difference in someone's life. What else is there to do?

Chan Khong

#16. What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

Elon Musk

#17. It's a total big difference between a person that got lyrics and a person that can make hit singles. I'm a person that can make some hit singles. I'm not in no booth trying to be a lyrical genius. I'm preparing to make me some singles, and as I develop as a man, then they'll respect my emcee skills.

Waka Flocka Flame

#18. 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.

Jodi Picoult

#19. I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.

Roy Lichtenstein

#20. It's awesome, because in live-action, most of my comedies have been rated R, so I'm trying to make adults laugh. While animation is a completely different world where you're trying to make children laugh. So that difference is a blast to do.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

#21. We all have something to offer. It's so important to be able to step out of our comfort zone and share the benefit of our experience with others who are trying to find their way. You can make a real difference and have real impact. I haven't experienced anything more satisfying than that.

David Gregory

#22. I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.

David Friedman

#23. It's kind of like trying to make straight lines from curves, but involving shapes that sort of dictate what the curves are, if you like, and the difference between two separate pieces creates a third transitional piece if you like.

Sean Booth

#24. In trying to make a big difference, don't ignore the small daily differences we can make.

Marian Wright Edelman

#25. I was extremely moved by the plight of Tsunami victims and I was inspired to try to make a difference.

Alanis Morissette

#26. 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

#27. Satisficing is one of the foundations of productive human behavior; it prevails when we don't waste time on decisions that don't matter, or more accurately, when we don't waste time trying to find improvements that are not going to make a significant difference in our happiness or satisfaction.

Daniel J. Levitin

#28. Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Oscar Wilde

#29. 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

#30. Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.

David Rubenstein

#31. The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

Martina Hingis

#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