Making A Difference Quotes - Page 10

• Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only about ourselves, money, and stuff. That acting out of passion and conviction doesn't make a difference. But all history shows that it does.

  Bernardine Dohrn

  Passion, Media, Differences

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• I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.

  Randy Owen

  Song, Writing, Responsibility

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• Sometimes change comes not in the first round, but at the second, third or fourth. Change starts with one person questioning, challenging, speaking up and doing something to make a difference. We can each make a difference...because each of us is already part of the community where racism exists & thrives.

  Paul Kivel

  Differences, Speaking Up, Racism

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• In every single job, in every single business, in every single profession - in whatever you do - there can be the satisfaction and the happiness that comes from knowing that what you do is important, that what you do makes a difference in the lives of the people you serve.

  Wayne D. Dosick

  Jobs, Work, Differences

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• The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to action. There are some people in the world that we can't help, but there are so many more that we can. So when you see a mother and her children suffering in another part of the world, don't look away. Look right at them. Let them break your heart, then let your empathy and your talents help you make a difference in the lives of others. Whether you volunteer every week or just a few times a year, your time and unique skills are invaluable.

  Melinda Gates

  Mother, Children, Heart

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• One
  person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You
  don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in
  your power to change things.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Differences, Have Faith, Influence

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• We have never worried about numbers. In the marketplace, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make a difference. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves.

  Steve Jobs

  Apples, Numbers, People

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• The television reports gave me my first inkling of a world beyond my own, a world that wasn't fair or equal, a world of poverty, war, disease and famine. But I also realized that this state of affairs wasn't necessarily a given, and that we have it in our power to make a difference, to make the world a better place for all. We have that choice. One thing's for sure, though - if we do nothing, it will be a given.

  Chrissie Wellington

  Motivational, War, Differences

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• I discovered that people are not really afraid of dying; they're afraid of not ever having lived, not ever having deeply considered their life's higher purpose, and not ever having stepped into that purpose and at least tried to make a difference in this world.

  Joseph Jaworski

  Motivational, Differences, People

  Joseph Jaworski (2011). “Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership”, p.34, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated.

  Gao Xingjian

  Book, Reading, Differences

  Gao Xingjian (2000). “Soul Mountain”

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• I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference.

  Carson Palmer

  Believe, Athlete, Differences

  Interview with Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. July 27, 2005.

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• The REAL American Dream is not about a garage full of new cars, winning the lottery, or retiring to a life of ease in Florida. It's about doing work that has meaning, work that makes a difference, and doing that work with people you care about.

  Joe Tye

  Dream, Real, Winning

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• In this world of hate there has to be a light Be that light and spread some love Maybe this day the youth can make a difference, No more hate!

  Christofer Drew

  Hate, Differences, Light

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• Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child's life, we add light and healing to our own lives.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Children, Healing, Dark

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• It's very rewarding if I make a difference to a kid.

  Michael Fishman

  Kids, Differences, Ifs

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• I'm glad if my work can make a difference.

  Lena Dunham

  Differences, Glad, Ifs

  "Lena Dunham: from YouTube sensation to film and TV stardom" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2012.

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

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Differences, People, Succeed

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• As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

  Tom Osborne

  Educational, Player, College

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• Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.

  Anita Roddick

  Differences, Activism, Feels

  Anita Roddick (2001). “Take It Personally: How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World”, HarperThorsons

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• I vote because it's what small-d democracy is about. Because there are places where people fight for generations and stand for hours to cast a ballot knowing what we ought to remember: that it makes a difference. Not always a big difference. Not always an immediate difference. But a difference.

  Ellen Goodman

  Fighting, Differences, Knowing

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• My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Dream, Country, Differences

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• Now is the time... if you want to make a difference in the world, now is the time. Don't be fooled into thinking you should wait until you are older or wiser or more secure because it doesn't work that way. The wisdom will come. The security will come. But first you must begin.

  Ron Atchison

  Motivational, Thinking, Differences

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• One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Differences, Revolution, Persons

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• People have power to make a difference in their lives.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Differences, People

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• High SQ demands the most intense personal integrity. It demands that we stand open to experience, that we recapture our ability to see life and others afresh, as though through the eyes of a child, to learn how to tap into our intuition and visualization, as a powerful means of using our inner knowing to “make a difference.” It demands that we cease to seek refuge in what we know and constantly explore and learn from what we do not know. It demands that we live the questions rather than the answers.

  Danah Zohar

  Children, Powerful, Integrity

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