Top 100 You Make A Difference Quotes
#1. Being a justice. If you love law the way I do ... you're given the job of a lifetime ... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.
Sonia Sotomayor
#2. Know that you make a difference in this world, even if you can't see it or understand it - you do.
Karen Higginbottom
#3. You make a difference about your life it's a knock on the head of mind setting your life you see the stars they shine across the way you build a bridge you make it shine the only way to make a difference is to help the community!
Demi Lovato
#4. People are grateful when you make a difference in their lives. That is the essence of any successful business
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
#5. If you make a difference, people will gravitate to you. They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.
Seth
#6. When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person's eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow.
Charles Stanley
#7. As you fulfill your own dreams, you make a difference in the world around you. When you become a master of life, you have the power to affect the lives of others inn unimaginable ways!
Brian Klemmer
#8. The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?
Johann Lamont
#11. The question is not 'Can you make a difference?' You already do make a difference. It's just a matter of what kind of difference you want to make during your life on this planet.
Julia Hill
#12. Be sure that you make a difference in the world.
Henri Nouwen
#13. You make a difference for every single person you come into contact with at work. Is that difference for the better or worse?
Alexander Kjerulf
#14. You don't become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.
Charles M. Blow
#15. 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
#16. The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
Naveen Jain
#17. 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
#18. 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
#19. I found myself when I least expected you- at the same old rocking chair in the room with the same flavor of tea. The only difference was the tea had turned cold, just as life had. And I found myself with an option. I could abandon this tea anytime and make a fresh one. You see?
Jasleen Kaur Gumber
#20. 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
#21. 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
#22. Being a working mom, you want to make a difference in our schools, which is making a difference in our children and ultimately it's making a difference in our community.
Kimora Lee Simmons
#23. 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
#24. 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
#25. You are a change maker and nothing should clean this notice off the boards of your heart!
Israelmore Ayivor
#26. 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
#27. Find a job you love and make a difference.
Gary Johnson
#28. 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
#29. You have the power to choose the words you write, so choose the right ones. And yes, this applies to the workplace too. Make a difference!
Sudakshina Bhattacharjee
#30. 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
#31. The things that are the hardest are the things that are due the quickest. The more time you have the easier it is to come up with things and navigate. I think the other things that are tough are films that are very, very subtle. Where there are little tiny nuances that make a big difference.
Christopher Lennertz
#33. You need hope to form a thought. It takes-I don't know-optimism to speak, to engage in conversation. Because really, what's the point of all this communicating? What difference does it really make what we say to each other? Or what we do, for that matter?
Noah Hawley
#34. Where you read a book and when and with whom can make a big difference.
Robert Coles
#35. One of these days you're going to wake up," William finally said, "and I will have shaved you, Everywhere." (Paris) "Won't make a difference. Women will still want me.
Gena Showalter
#36. 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
#37. 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. Nobody is rewarded for occupying a position, but for becoming effective in the position occupied. If you occupy a position, you must have the weight of influence in order to matter!
Israelmore Ayivor
#41. Money can make a difference. Money shouldn't make you any different.
Kim Kiyosaki
#42. Naturally have a belief that you can make a difference and you will make it unknowingly.
Auliq Ice
#43. Elissa cleared her throat. "I won't hate you," she said. "Whatever you do, I won't end up hating you." [ ... ] "Whatever you do, it doesn't make a difference." Linked, pp 249 -250
Imogen Howson
#44. Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. And I had noticed him, as he had me. God help us.
Sarah Dunant
#45. Whatever change you desire for the world, create that change in your own life. You are here for a purpose. Seek it out. Hunt it down. The greatest misery is to be purposeless. The great depression of our age is not economic, but spiritual. Our spiritual poverty is rooted in our purposelessness.
Matthew Kelly
#46. It doesn't hurt me on a personal level, but it hurts me on a larger level of like, why are people so stupid? Why do we have to go through these unnecessary exercises. Fight crime, don't fight me. If you really want to make a difference don't fight me or Fugazi.
Ian MacKaye
#47. The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#48. When you love a man who is less than you dreamed, you have to make allowances for the difference between a real man and a dream. Sometimes you have to forgive him. Perhaps you even have to forgive him often. But forgiveness often comes with love.
Philippa Gregory
#49. The Doctor: You betrayed me. You betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything I ever stood for. You let me down!
Clara: Then why are you helping me?
The Doctor: Why? Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?
Steven Moffat
#50. Change the world today. Start with the next person you meet.
Dillon Burroughs
#51. 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
#52. 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
#53. 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
#54. 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
#55. 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
#56. It doesn't make any difference what religion you are, or how young you are or how old you are-if they go to these abortion mills and stand there and pray-that would make a lot of difference.
Norma McCorvey
#57. The difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes, they say you're ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose. (On resembling Joe Namath)
Jim Valvano
#58. 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
#59. Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.
Andy Andrews
#60. There was room for all of us in that drainpipe even with the snake there. But if you're not wanted, there's no amount of space that will make a difference.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
#61. You fucked up,' he said. 'Know that you're someone who fucked up. But know that doesn't make you a fuckup. The difference is a matter of repetition
Adam Levin
#62. If you alone found out what the lie was, then you're probably right - it would make no great difference. But if you ALL found out what the lie was, it might conceivably make a very great difference indeed.
Daniel Quinn
#63. You don't have to make the headlines to make a difference.
S. Truett Cathy
#64. It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
Vernon Howard
#65. How you live today has the potential to impact all eternity.
Dillon Burroughs
#66. And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded
Jodi Picoult
#67. If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.
Tamora Pierce
#68. As mortal humans we are born with a death sentence anyway, so what difference does a little poison make? Why not take a chance you will survive the ordeal and make something significant of your life? ... p330
Brian Herbert
#69. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
Mark Twain
#70. 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
#71. The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.
Carly Fiorina
#72. You want to make a big bold difference in this world? Then pray big, bold prayers.
Craig Groeschel
#73. 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
#74. 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
#75. 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
#76. This is our last chance to make a difference. If you're like me, you don't want to have to ask yourself on the day after the election, what else could I have done?
Brad Pitt
#77. It is never too late to make a difference in the lives of others. Believe in yourself and others will naturally believe in you.
Alan Eisenberg
#78. If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've never been to bed with a mosquito.
Anita Roddick
#79. 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
#80. You never know how the little things you do can make a big difference in someone's life.
Jamie Larbi
#81. There's a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The other one will make you sleep.
Rich Mullins
#82. More often than not, a woman marries for money and a man marries for sex. What difference does a sheet of paper with signatures make?"
"If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand the answer," she said simply.
Diana Palmer
#83. People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
Waris Ahluwalia
#84. Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.
Chaim Potok
#85. If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void
Barack Obama
#86. 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
#87. Never really know what a difference you can make in someone's life, if you're willing to let them in.
Karen McQuestion
#88. 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
#89. When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions.
E.B. White
#90. Whenever you feel insignificant,
remember that you can make
a significant difference
in the lives of others,
particularly the less fortunate.
Jeffrey A. White
#91. You can't make a difference unless you are different.
Chris Hodges
#92. I say that being a smart writer doesn't make you a good writer. There's obviously a difference between talent and intelligence. And it may be that at some point intelligence begins to impinge on talent, or talent on intelligence.
Gustavo Perez Firmat
#93. So, when kiss Spring comes
we'll kiss each kiss other on kiss the kiss
lips because tic clocks tock don't make
a toctic difference
to kisskiss you and to
kiss me.
E. E. Cummings
#94. There's a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each other ... But sometimes in practice, it gets too verbose ... so I tried to take things out of the ordinary and make them special so they'd understand the difference.
Phil Jackson
#95. 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
#96. Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.
Mark Hoppus
#97. New York, you got money on your mind. And my words won't make a dime's worth a difference, so here's to you New York.
Art Garfunkel
#98. 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
#99. You always dream of going to the Olympics and winning gold. I've learned over the years that there are lots of gold medals, but certain stories stick out and make a difference.
Kerri Strug
#100. That defiance. You don't care what I say, do you?"
But he did care. All he was good at wad making sure she couldn't see it. "Would it make a difference if I did?
Cassandra Clare
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