60+ Best Make A Difference Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Make a difference is to cause a change. Inspirational making a difference quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.

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Most Famous Make A Difference Quotes

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. Ralph Waldo Emerson

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. Mahatma Gandhi

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference. Zig Ziglar

My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference. Jimmy Carter

Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks. Daniel Kahneman

One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up. Loren Eiseley

I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on. Shakira

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. Martin Luther

What is Apple, after all? Apple is about people who think outside the box, people who want to use computers to help them change the world, to help them create things that make a difference, and not just to get a job done. Steve Jobs

Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out, and help. This week reach someone that might need a lift. Pablo

Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn’t you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness. Bobby Berk

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. Jimmy Carter

Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks. Daniel Kahneman

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

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval. Hillary Clinton

Take time daily to reflect on how much you have. It may not be all that you want but remember someone somewhere is dreaming to have what you have. Germany Kent

I think that passion is the secret ingredient that drives hard work and excellence. My passion is to serve the public to be in the arena of public policy, to have the opportunity to solve problems for our country, to be in a position where I can make a difference. Kelly Ayotte

What people see you do may not be remembered; what they hear you say may be forgotten, but how they feel your intervention in their times of need will forever be remembered. Israelmore Ayivor

I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people’s lives through advocacy and through supporting research that’s the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it’s certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour. Michael J. Fox

I like to smile at the men who look mean so they know I believe in their better selves. That makes a difference in the world. Aimee Bender

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference. Richard Branson

Be determined. You can make it in life. You can make all your dreams come true. Lailah Gifty Akita

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It’s so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference. Kanye West

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt

When you become an instrument in God’s hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person’s eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow. Charles Stanley

A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place to inhabit. So, don’t be afraid to take a stand . Ankita Singhal

If you can capture the humanity of a family struggling in an economic crisis you can make a difference. You can raise awareness just of the simple humanity. Emily Blunt

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jake Goodall

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people’s lives. Oprah Winfrey

I believe that one individual who is determined to make a difference in the world, can, with desire, drive, dedication, discipline, passion, and persistence. The world can be altered and billions of people’s lives can be impacted positively in an unimaginable way. Eleanor Roosevelt

Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I’ve grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible. Prince Harry

Help others to see themselves better than they are until they believe. Eleanor Roosevelt

You don’t think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What doesn’t make a difference! Doesn’t make a difference. I think he did a good job. Cab Calloway

If you cannot feed a hundred people, feed one. Mother Teresa

If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play if we want to change the world we must first show up on the field to score. Paul Rusesabagina

Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people’s lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society. Zaha Hadid

Aim to make a difference in someone’s life every single day, including your own. Doe Zantamata

That’s the beauty of coaching. You get to touch lives, you get to make a difference. You get to do things for people who will never pay you back and they say you never have had a perfect day until you’ve done something for someone who will never pay you back. Morgan Wootten

Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader, they set out to make a difference. it’s never about the role, always about the goal. Jeremy Bravo

When everything is stripped away in life, everybody is a human being that has problems, that has issues, has flaws, that isn’t perfect. It doesn’t make a difference what your sex is, what your sexual preference is, what your race is or what your background is. If you’re a good person, you’re OK in my book. Matt Hardy

Never underestimate the valuable and important difference you make in every life you touch for the impact you make today has a powerful rippling effect on every tomorrow. Leon Brown

Usually I try to represent my community and my culture the best that I can, but I go about every day just trying to represent my family. I’m just trying to make a difference out in the world. I don’t even look at, necessarily, just the Latin community, I’m looking at everything in general. Al Horford

We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in our hands to make a difference. Nelson Mandela

The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference. David Jeremiah

We rise by lifting others. Robert Ingersoll

One of the things which make any company successful, in particular the Home Depot, was that we understood and catered to the customer. If it didn’t sell, it didn’t make a difference what we thought or our research told us. They told us if it was successful by buying it or not. Bernard Marcus

Find something that you are passionate about in making a difference and you’ll find a waiting kinship of people willing to unite for the cause. Wes Adamson

In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference? Paul Allen

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Steve Jobs

It’s always inspiring to me to meet people who feel that they can make a difference in the world. That’s their motive, that’s their passion I think that’s what makes your life meaningful, that’s what fills your own heart and that’s what gives you purpose. Maria Shriver

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.  Mahatma Gandhi

Especially as a title holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world. Joyce Giraud

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. Albert Einstein

At least one reason for trying to live lives that make a difference is that by so living, we hope we will not be forgotten by those who benefit from our trying to make a difference. Yet to try to insure we will not be forgotten too often results in desperate manipulative strategies that are doomed to fail. Stanley Hauerwas

Every day the clock resets. Your wins don’t matter. Your failures don’t matter. Don’t stress on what was, fight for what could be. Sean Higgins

My parents both came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and they were deeply grateful for the opportunities this country provided. They raised my siblings and me to want to make a difference and give back. They taught us to work hard and aim high, but to also make sure the ladder was down to help others climb up. Tom Perez

Play to your strengths. If you aren’t great at something, do more of what you’re great at. Jason Lemkin

Hope you enjoy reading this collection of powerful make a difference quotes and let me know in the comment section which one will become your daily mantra.