254 Make A Difference Quotes And Sayings

As was so eloquently stated by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "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.” It is not the selfish who live and create, help and support those who are in need. It is instead the unselfish who would rather be living proof of putting words of compassion and thoughtfulness into measurable action that makes the real and lasting difference in this world.

Making A Difference From Ordinary To Extraordinary
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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
Success is not as if we have been the recipients of Irish Blessings but in doing ordinary things that other people shun as work. Robert Rivers
The art of achievement comes more from diligence and perseverance rather than depending on the arrangement of stars. Theodore W. Higgingsworth
Far better things lie ahead for those who hands reach out rather than clutch what lies behind. Rosy Lee Anderson
Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. St. Catherine of Siena
To make a difference in another person's life for their health, tranquility, comfort or safety is more satisfying, positive and purposeful than making a difference in my bank balance. Byron R. Pulsifer
You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it. Earvin Magic Johnson
How can you become a storm of change unless you've learned to be unselfish? Kate Summers
Human nature is stronger than any individual, than any institution or technological invention. Robert Greene
I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference. Marilyn Manson
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James
A bold act requires a high degree of confidence. Robert Greene
Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice. Byron Garrett
God's purpose for your life is to be both different than many, and to make a difference for many. Byron R. Pulsifer
However, for a life to be meaningful, it must also be worthwhile. Todd May
The decency in a man is a natural result of positive thinking. A righteous and good quality is not a favor rather it's a natural consequence of one having a positive perception in every doing. Alexander Chase
I can't help but conclude that my life is to deny my worldly pleasures so that I can assert and utilize my gifts to destroy the fogs of life for those caught within crevices of despair. Freddy J. W. Parkes
If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never been in bed with a mosquito. Michelle Walker
It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference. Jenny Craig
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference. Zig Ziglar

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Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light. You'll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today. Amy Leigh Mercree
It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life. Anthony Robbins
Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can. You can help to make a difference . . . Robert Alan
When it's all over, it's not who you were. . . it's whether you made a difference. Robert Joseph Dole
We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history. Sonia Johnson
It's a great satisfaction knowing that for a brief point in time you made a difference. Irene Natividad
It's not what abilities you have that makes a difference it's what you do with these abilities that's paramount. Byron Pulsifer
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. DeMille
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success. James Cameron
Success is not a destination, but the road that you’re on. Being successful means that you’re working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That’s living your dream. Marlon Wayans
A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires. Orison Swett Marden
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Pele
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way. Robert Kiyosaki
The first principle of success is desire – knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. Robert Collier
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. Robert Collier
Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Jim Rohn
Success doesn’t come to you, you’ve got to go to it. Marva Collins
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santanaya
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain
The expert in anything was once a beginner. Helen Hayes
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. Joshua J. Marine
It is wiser to find out than to suppose. Mark Twain
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. Christian D. Larson
Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Practice isn’t the thing you do once your good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good. Malcolm Gladwell
Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking ... And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition ... Everything else is secondary. Steve Jobs
The journey is the reward. Chinese Proverb
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. Jim Rohn
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Mark Twain
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. Nora Roberts
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van Gogh
Be a student as long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life. Henry L. Doherty
Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs. Henry Ford
You don’t have to show people how successful you are. Martin Yan
What would you like the most on your tombstone? ‘She/he was famous’ or ‘she/he was a kind and loving friend’? Maxime Lagacé
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go! Dr. Seuss
No-one knows what he can do until he tries. Publilius Syrus
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Bruce Lee
Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. Bonnie Blair
The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it’s enormously useful in life. Larry Ellison
You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. A.A. Milne
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Be silly, be honest, be kind. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do. John Wooden
Give the world the best you have, and the best will come to you. Madeline Bridge
Fall seven times, stand up eight. Japanese Saying
Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning. Diane Ackerman
Don’t expect your friend to be a perfect person. But, help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship! Mother Teresa
It doesn’t matter how slowly you go – as long as you don’t stop! Confucius
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. Albert Einstein
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl
No kid is unsmart. Every kid’s a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it. Robin Sharma
Demeaning someone so you can reach the top is devoid of any worthiness or emulation. Byron R. Pulsifer
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Dr. Seuss
A successful man is built of 1,000 failures. Ray Allen
Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen. Wayne Huizenga
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. Lana Turner
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. Hubert H. Humphrey
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley
Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife. Groucho Marx
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it. Jordan Belfort
Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. W. Clement Stone
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. Dale Carnegie
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. Henry Ward Beecher
There is only one success–to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley
Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years. Bob Brown
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law. Hubert H. Humphrey
A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires. Orison Swett Marden
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Benjamin Disraeli
The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it. Roger Babson

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Done is better than perfect. Sheryl Sandberg
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Sophia Loren
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Katharine Hepburn
I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business. Celine Dion
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J.K Rowling
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. Mother Teresa
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
I was smart enough to go through any door that opened. Joan Rivers
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. Malala Yousafza
I’m fearless, I don’t complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on. Sofia Vergara
I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. Virginia Rometty
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin
People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me. Princess Diana
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Helen Keller
Don’t live life in the past lane. Samantha Ettus
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
I don’t believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don’t judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free. Angelina Jolie
Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. Oprah Winfrey
Knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. Marissa Mayer
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. Anne Sweeney
We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. Sheryl Sandberg
If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. Simone de Beauvoir

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We endear ourselves to fame and fortune that is only fleeting rather than to the treasures built through love and compassion. Byron R. Pulsifer
Fame and success are as different as ice and sun. Freddy J. W. Parkes
Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world. David McCullough Jr.
True success is defined by the few but available to the many. Kate Summers
The measure of success is happiness and peace of mind. Bobby Davro
You are great. Already. Whether you realize it or not. Whether anybody else realizes it or not. And it’s not because you launched an iPhone app, or finished school a year early, or bought yourself a sweet-ass boat. These things do not define greatness. Mark Manson
Integrity is more valuable than income. Honor is richer than fame. Self-Worth is wealthier than net worth. Robin Sharma
The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure. B. C. Forbes
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful. Swami Vivekananda
Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. Vaclav Havel
For some, success and happiness mean popularity, noise, having the spotlight. For others, it means peace, wisdom, silence, doing what’s important to you and making an impact. Maxime Lagacé
One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community. Albert Einstein
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. Margaret Mead
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. Henry David Thoreau
Neither self nor wealth can be measured in terms of what you consume or own. Rolf Potts
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success. Helen Hayes
Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed. Corita Kent
True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment. Dada Vaswani
To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment. Anna Pavlova
If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day. Alex Noble
What we’re beginning to recognize now is that success is not always about doing more, but also about doing better, and we do better when we’re connected to our inner wisdom, strength, and intuition. Arianna Huffington
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. Arthur Ashe
I don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money. Ben Stein
Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen. Blair Waldorf
Men die of boredom, psychological conflict and disease. They do not die of hard work. David Ogilvy
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. Tommy Lasorda
Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking. Bernard Baruch
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness. Joan Miró
We adore chaos because we love to produce order. M. C. Escher
The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before. Neil Gaiman
Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals. Bo Bennett
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to. Bob Cousy
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?. Brian Tracy
Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. Damien Hirst
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Kahlil Gibran
I don’t work for the others, I work for myself. And I chose the way to work for myself. But working for myself, that means working for the society. If you really want to work for yourself, think about the others ... making sure you help others, because only when the other people are successful, when the other people are happy, you’ll be successful, you’ll be happy. Jack Ma
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. John Wooden
The successful man doesn’t use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service. Mark Caine
Success is about honour, feeling morally calibrated, absence of shame, not what some newspaper defines from an external metric. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. Paul J. Meyer
Success in anything is through happiness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion. Major Taylor
I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom. Brenda Blethyn
We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. Steven Pressfield
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Benjamin Disraeli
Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. Arnold H. Glasow
Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. William Menninger
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Albert Schweitzer
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. Albert Schweitzer
Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration. Evan Esar
There is no scientific answer for success. You can’t define it. You’ve simply got to live it and do it. Anita Roddick
So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you’re prepared it’s going to continue to come your way. Anthony Mackie
The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. Arthur Koestler
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. Arthur Ashe
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. Brian Tracy
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. Charles Buxton
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary. Charles Caleb Colton
The key is over time. Success is built sequentially. It’s one thing at a time. Gary Keller
The secret of success is sincerity. Jean Giraudoux
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Jim Rohn
Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life. John D. Rockefeller
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
When you can do a common thing in an uncommon way; you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver
The key to my success has been to give up everything for my dream. John H. Johnson
The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life – mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. Julius Erving
Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful. Malcolm Forbes
Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. Marilyn vos Savant
Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. Martha Stewart
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. Morihei Ueshiba
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. Norman Vincent Peale
Integrity is the essence of everything successful. R. Buckminster Fuller
All that matters is how you see yourself. Conor McGregor
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. Sam Ewing
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. Ralph Marston
Little things done over and over again add up to making a difference in a big way. Byron Pulsifer
I realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life. Yanni
People don't understand that not only can they make a difference, it's their responsibility to do so. Florence Robinson
There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life. Mary Rose Mcgeady
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall
You may find that making a difference for others makes the biggest difference in you. Brian Williams
It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life. Bryant H. McGill
It takes one family to make a difference in this community. It takes one person to make a difference in this family. Nisandeh Neta
It's important to see what we can do to make a difference, but it's more important to me to do it every single day. Alicia Silverstone
We can really make a difference in the world, just one heart, one kind word at a time. Noelani Musicaro
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference Wangari Maathai
Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway. Maurice Strong
Your dream doesn’t have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again. K.T. Witten
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. Joe Namath
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow. Mary Anne Radmacher
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being. Hafiz
None of us alone can save the nation or world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. Cornel West
Go out and make a difference in your community. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating. Barbara Sher
Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth. Roberto Clemente
It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life. Bryant H. McGill
It's important to see what we can do to make a difference, but it's more important to me to do it every single day. Alicia Silverstone
We can really make a difference in the world, just one heart, one kind word at a time. Noelani Musicaro
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference Wangari Maathai
Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway. Maurice Strong
None of us alone can save the nation or world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. Cornel West
To make a difference in someone's life, you don't have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care. Mandy Hale
Go out and make a difference in your community. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating. Barbara Sher
Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Maya Angelou
Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. Dalai Lama
Even though you’re fed up, you gotta keep your head up. Tupac Shakur
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln
That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. Michael Jordan
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. Milton Berle
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas Edison
There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out. Hillary Clinton
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence. Helen Keller
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
Remember: Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up. Rocky Balboa
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. Oprah Winfrey
Clear your mind of “cant”. Samuel Johnson
The most important thing is to stay positive. Saku Koivu
One thing at a time. Most important thing first. Start now. Caroline Webb
As is our confidence, so is our capacity. William Hazlitt
Don’t say, “If I could, I would”. Say, “If I can, I will”. Jim Rohn
The more you care, the stronger you can be. Jim Rohn
Start with the end in mind. Stephen Covey
Humor comes from self-confidence. Rita Mae Brown
We are what we believe we are. C.S. Lewis
Courage is the birthplace of confidence. Debbie Millman
Confidence is a very fragile thing. Joe Montana
I am not talented, I am obsessed. Conor McGregor
Be proud to wear you. Dodinsky
Many admire and glorify those who act boldly. Robert Greene