Quotes on Making A Difference

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?

For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful antidote. Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference.

Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.

I am but a small pencil in the hand of a writing God

We will ask two central questions throughout this course: 1. What difference does gender make? 2. For which women does it make a difference? Which women?

What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don't make a difference in how we are treated.

There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.

If you live life with the intention of making a difference in others' lives, your life will be full not empty.

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

At times, in medicine, you feel you are inside a colossal and impossibly complex machine whose gears will turn for you only according to their own arbitrary rhythm. The notion that human caring, the effort to do better for people, might make a difference can seem hopelessly naive. But it isn't.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.