Making A Difference Quotes - Page 14

• 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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• I believe that you and I - and everyone we'll ever meet - has the inborn capacity to be heroic, to take daring, courageous, and noble steps to make life better for others, even when in the short term it seems to be at our own expense. The capacity to do the right thing, to dare to take a stand and make a difference, is within you now.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Believe, Differences

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.569, Simon and Schuster

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• As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the livestock industry will shrink. Over time, farmers will find other crops to support their livelihoods. Through such collective awakening we can make a difference in our world.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Moving, Differences

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• What makes a difference is when we take our mind and put it into the scriptures, when we read the Buddhist Canon, the Pali Canon, when we read the Tibetan books, when we read anything inspiring - somebody else's journey into the world of enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Book, Journey

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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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• Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference.

  Mike Brown

  Differences, Noise

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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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• We want to be known for having original ideas, inspired hunches, and gut feelings that make a difference. Indeed, a "well-honed sixth sense"' is considered a measure of the good clinician. But being a good doctor also requires sticking with the best medical evidence, even if it contradicts your personal experience. We need to distinguish between gut feeling and testable knowledge, between hunches and empirically tested evidence.

  Robert A. Burton

  Doctors, Ideas, Differences

  Robert A. Burton, M.D., M.D. (2008). “On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not”, p.164, Macmillan

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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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• 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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• Vision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference.

  Ken Blanchard

  Differences, Vision, Alive

  Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos, Alan Randolph (2001). “Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute”, p.48, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Making other people happy is what brings me happiness. I have a blessed life, and I have always shared my life's gifts with others. I will continue to use my voice and my life as a catalyst for encouraging people to help make a difference in the lives of others.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Blessed, Voice, Differences

  "Online Extra: A Talk with Oprah Winfrey". Interview with Michelle Conlin, www.bloomberg.com. November 29, 2004.

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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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• You can only make a difference by being different.

  Rick Warren

  Differences, Being Different, Different

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2010

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• Self-esteem creates natural highs. Knowing that you're lovable helps you to love more. Knowing that you're important helps you to make a difference to to others. Knowing that you are capable empowers you to create more. Knowing that you're valuable and that you have a special place in the universe is a serene spiritual joy in itself.

  Louise Hart

  Spiritual, Self Esteem, Differences

  Louise Hart (1994). “On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation”

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.

  Jane Goodall

  Responsibility, Differences, Decision

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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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• The world has improved mostly because unorthodox people did unorthodox things. Not surprisingly, they had the courage and daring to think they could make a difference.

  Ruby Dee

  Change, 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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• Leaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world.

  Cheryl Richardson

  Leadership, Differences, World

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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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