Quotes and Sayings About Making A Difference
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Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.
-- Adam GrantSource : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.181, Penguin
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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.
-- Alan RickmanSource : "Alan Rickman on 'Nobel Son'". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. December 04, 2008.
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To make a difference is just... I think... the purpose of what life is.
-- Anastacia -
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.
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Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.
-- Andy AndrewsSource : Andy Andrews (2012). “How Do You Kill 11 Million People? (International Edition): Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think”, p.82, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.
-- Andy AndrewsSource : FaceBook post by Andy Andrews from Sep 30, 2013
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If there is anything serious enough to make a difference in my ife, I will talk about it.
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I realized just how much exercise and eating right make a difference in how you feel now and when you get older.
-- Ashley Tisdale -
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What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very quickly.
-- Aubrey de Grey -
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
-- Barbara De AngelisSource : Barbara De Angelis (2013). “Real Moments: Discover the Secret for True Happiness”, p.279, Dell
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Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
-- Benjamin ZanderSource : Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander (2002). “The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life”, p.54, Penguin
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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 -
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I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.
-- Bill RichardsonSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.
-- Bob Goff -
One person can make a difference. In fact, its not only possible for one person to make a difference, its essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.
-- Bob Riley -
Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.
-- Bradley Whitford -
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If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!†(p 272)
-- Brené Brown -
You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.
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You may find that making a difference for others makes the biggest difference in you.
-- Brian Williams -
One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution.
-- Bryant H. McGill -
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For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.
-- C. S. Lewis -
Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.
-- Chaim Potok -
Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.
-- Charles Handy -
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 -
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I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'
-- Chelsea Clinton -
Leaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world.
-- Cheryl Richardson -
I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids.
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I wake up every day feeling like today's the day to make a difference. I never question the correctness of what I'm doing or the need for it.
-- Cindy Sheehan -
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I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.
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It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.
-- Clay Aiken