Do you want to make the world a better place? Does your heart tell you to make a difference in the lives of others? If that’s something you truly want to do, then start and lend a helping hand to one person at a time and one day at a time. No matter how small, you can leave a lasting impact on the world. Here are quotes about making a difference to inspire you to always lend a helping hand to those who are around you.
Quotes About Making a Difference
1. To make a difference in someone’s life, you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care enough and be there.
2. If you cannot feed a hundred people, feed one. – Mother Teresa
3. Act as if what you do makes a difference, it does. – William James
4. In this life, we cannot always do great things. But we can do small things with great love. – Mother Teresa
5. You can make a difference.
6. Little things make a big difference.
7. The difference we make in other people’s lives is eternal. – ATGW
8. There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world. – Carlos Santana
9. 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
10. We can talk about making a difference or we can make a difference.
11. The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it. – Colin Wilson
12. Make a difference, not just a living.
13. There is no greater joy, nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life. – Mary Rose McGeady
14. Aim to make a difference in someone’s life every single day, including your own. – Dow Zantamata
15. Each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. – Dr. Cornel West
16. We must be free inside to make a difference outside. – Vishal Mangalwadi
17. Believe with all your heart that how you live your life makes a difference. – Colin Brown
18. 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
19. You don’t need to come from wealth or privilege to make a difference. – Joni Ernst
20. I’m going to make a difference.
21. You may find that making a difference for others makes the biggest difference in you. – Brian Williams
22. Vision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference. – Ken Blanchard
23. Anybody can make a difference and be voice for the voiceless. – Zach Hunter
24. I came to make a difference. – Lawton Chiles
25. 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
26. Heart is what makes a difference. – Jerry Sloan
27. Make a difference. Live a life that matters. – Frank McKinney
28. Don’t chase success. Decide to make a difference and success will find you. – Jon Gordon
29. We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in our hands to make a difference. – Nelson Mandela
30. Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make a change.” –Barbara Mikulski
31. In this life, we cannot always do great things. But we can do small things with great love. – Mother Teresa
32. It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. – Tom Brokaw
33. 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
34. If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world. – Elaine Dalton
35. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. – Leo Tolstoy
36. It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life. – Bryant McGill
37. 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
38. I’ve seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. – Tracy Chapman
39. In a gentle way, you can shake the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
40. Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. – Muhammad Ali
41. The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better. – Robert Kennedy
42. We can choose to be affected by the world or we can choose to affect the world. – Heidi Wills
43. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. – Jake Goodall
44. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank
45. We can do no great things, only small things with great love. – Robert Fulghum
46. I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. – Edward Everett Hale
47. When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. – Eleanor Roosevelt
48. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou
49. The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. – Nelson Henderson
50. Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good. – Minor Myers
51. Your thoughts, words and deeds are painting the world around you. – Jewel Diamond Taylor
52. Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room. – Christine Todd Whitman
53. Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count. – Stella McCartney
54. Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change. – Barbara Mikulski
55. If you were to ask me what I want to do, I don’t want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference. – Lady Gaga
56. We must become the change we want to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
57. Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. – T.A. Barron
58. Never get tired of doing little things for others. Sometimes, those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.
59. I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. 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
60. What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us, what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. – Albert Pike
61. 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
62. See yourself always as cause, and perhaps a better world will be found among your effects. – Robert Brault
63. Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin
64. To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order, to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order, to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. – Confucius
65. To make a difference in someone’s life, you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care enough and be there. – Mandy Hale
66. Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa
67. What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead. – Nelson Mandela
68. As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. – Mary Anne Radmacher
69. It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. – Tom Brokaw
70. 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
71. You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it. – Earvin Magic Johnson
72. Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. – William James
73. 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
74. If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve obviously never been in bed with a mosquito. – Michelle Walker
75. 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
76. It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference. – Zig Ziglar
77. It’s your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life. – Anthony Robbins
78. 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
79. When it’s all over, it’s not who you were. It’s whether you made a difference. – Robert Joseph Dole
80. 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
81. It’s a great satisfaction knowing that for a brief point in time you made a difference. – Irene Natividad
82. 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. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. – Mahatma Gandhi
83. Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve a lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. – Robert F. Kennedy
84. Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. – St. Catherine of Siena
85. I never said to be like me. I say be yourself and make a difference. – Marilyn Manson
86. Do more than belong, participate. Do more than care, help. Do more than believe, practice. Do more than be fair, be kind. Do more than forgive, forget. Do more than dream, work. – William Arthur Ward
87. No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. – Martin Luther King Jr.
88. 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. – R. Buckminster Fuller
89. Do I dare Disturb the universe? – T. S. Eliot
90. I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. – Edward Everett Hale
91. Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out and help. This week reach to someone that might need a lift. – Pablo
92. If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it. – Criss Jami
93. Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good. – Minor Myers
94. I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. My faith demands believe in work. If somebody doesn’t create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they’re treading water, that if they vanished in smoke, it wouldn’t mean anything at all in this world. And that’s a despairing and destructive feeling. It’ll kill you. – Arthur Miller
95. 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
96. Status quos are made to be broken. – Ray A. Davis
97. Look to your right. It is the path back home. If you choose, you can take it. It is safe, easy, and comfortable. You do not have to work out or fight or do anything else you do not want to. Or you can keep moving forward. I will not lie to you. I cannot predict what may become of you. It will require a lot of training, hard work, study, and danger. But in the very end, you will know strength. I swear it. You might just become someone who will make a difference in the world. – Wesley Chu
98. Have the courage to let some go, and sacrifice for some to stay; thus, live and make life your own way. – Mohammed Ali Bapir
99. Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn’t make a difference you will make it make a difference. – Chaim Potok
100. You got the eggs in you, the world is fully ready to celebrate the chicks out of your laying labour. Never give up. Go and breed! Go and breed great dreams. – Israelmore Ayivor
101. 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
102. A spontaneous prayer makes differences and does changes. – Toba Beta
103. 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
104. 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
105. 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
106. 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
107. Stuff doesn’t matter, boats, cars, fancy things don’t matter. What matters, what will matter to me, is the love of the people around me, and did I take a chance? Did I seize an opportunity to do something for people with the talents that I was lucky enough to be given? Did I make a difference in the lives of people who needed me? – James Comey
108. Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room. – Christine Todd Whitman
109. It’s important to think about the bigger picture, especially if we are given these platforms. We can make a difference. – Freja Beha Erichsen
110. 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
111. People need to believe they can make a difference, that one person standing strong can turn the tide. – Ann Aguirre
112. Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference. – Nikki Haley
113. Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, no matter what the project. – Bill Owens
114. 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
115. It’s not about someone making a difference on their own, it’s about everybody pulling together to make a difference. – Paolo Nutini
116. 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
117. 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
118. Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference. – Hugh Prather
119. 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
120. If you ask why I do what I do, I want to make a difference. I don’t just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don’t exist. – Eli Broad
121. I think one of the best words in the English language is ‘compassion.’ I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference. – Michael Crawford
122. 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
123. Take care, don’t fight, and remember, if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference if you choose to do so. – J. Michael Straczynski
124. Show the world you are not here to just pass through. Leave great footprints wherever you pass and be remembered for the change you initiated. – Israelmore Ayivor
126. Be proud of the incredible person that you are and become a rainbow in someone’s cloudy day. – Nyki Mack
127. No matter how much was taken away from you. Don’t take your own life away. One day, someone will learn about how you overcame. And their life won’t be the same again. You might not know it yet, but you can make a difference. – Gift Gugu Mona
128. One sentence can make a difference, and the writer of that sentence can be you. – Ogwo David Emenike
129. If we think a magic fairy named “time” is finally going to make all things right in the world, we’re dreaming. – Richie Norton
130. Being talented isn’t enough if you cannot help the team to win more games, like-wise being busy isn’t enough, what makes all the difference is the productivity that comes out of that busyness. – Shahenshah Hafeez Khan
131. Let us be the change that we want to see in the world. Let us be the light that we want to see in the world. The time to make this world a better place is now. – Avijeet Das
