Best Making A Difference Quotes

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

To make a difference is not a matter of accident…People CHOOSE to make a difference.

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.

In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.

It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

I’m always satisfied with going to soup kitchens or homeless shelters. A big one for me is children’s hospitals. I love spending time with kids, rooting for them, making them laugh. Any small act of kindness is just as important as a donation. So volunteer. Go out there and see how you can make a difference and help someone.

A large heart can be filled with very little.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what’s right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

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.

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.

We know in history that great individuals have totally changed everything, whether it be Jesus Christ or Abraham Lincoln or Winston Churchill or Albert Einstein. I actually think every person can make a difference.

If there is anything serious enough to make a difference in my ife, I will talk about it.

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.

I think that one of the problems that exists in the United States and in many places in the world is that people don’t believe that they can make a difference. So a lot of times we’re defeated before we even start. We’ve become consumers of a world vision, of Kentucky Fried Chicken, of McDonalds.

Your self-confidence is directly connected to how much you feel you are making a difference in the world.

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.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

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.

Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.’ Floyd flashed him a smile. ‘It won’t last for ever.

Everyone makes a difference. Someone who does something for others makes a big difference. A person who has no self-interest to do things for others makes a bigger difference. But, one who does everything for everyone for the sake of humanity without vested interest makes a real big difference for sustainability.

Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.

Movies are details. Movies are billions of details that come into a certain moment. So with all the years and months and weeks and days and minutes of preparation, then finally you’re shooting and it all comes down to these moments when you’re shooting, which is sort of insane when you think about it. The details make a difference.

There’s nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you’ve got that going for you, I think it’s a very powerful way to implement change.

Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds.

I think, in a way, I’ve returned to who I used to be as a global correspondent whose life was devoted to really making a difference, illuminating what’s happening in the world, always drawn toward the suffering of peoples and cultures and exposing exploitation and injustice; but now I’m the same person in a much, much softer iteration.

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual’s behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself

There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. … We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don’t our world will further descend into a state of chaos.