Have you been waiting for genuine inspiration to want to make a positive difference in the world? That can be a real problem. But within everyone, there exists the potential to influence positive change through dedication, labor, and ingenuity. Wouldn’t you want to leave the world a better place than you saw it?
Here’s a list of top 30 quotes about making a difference that will inspire and energize you to create a positive impact on the world. Use these words of wisdom to manifest your will.
Quotes About Making a Difference in The Life of a Child
Children are blank canvases that can be dyed with any color. Making a positive difference in the life of a child is about the single greatest thing you could do.
#1. “Grandparents are living longer, doing more and refusing to accept any limitations. But they still make a difference, one at a time, for their grandchildren.” ― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Grandparent’s Soul
#2. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” ― James A. Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name (1961) “Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a letter from Harlem
#3. “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” ― Nelson Mandela, Speech From Children Funds Launch May 1995
#4. “It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.” ― Roald Dahl, Matilda
#5. “We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” ― Fred Rogers, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood
#6. “There is one universal religion, Helen — the religion of love. Love your Heavenly Father with your whole heart and soul, love every child of God as much as ever you can, and remember that the possibilities of good are greater than the possibilities of evil; and you have the key to Heaven.” ― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
Together We Can Make A Difference Quotes
No country, city, township, or even village was built by one man. Every endeavor you undertake to make a difference will require cooperation and support from the people around you.
#7. “It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.” ― John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love
#8. “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” ― Isaac Newton, Letter from Sir Isaac Newton to Robert Hooke
#9. “All success in life comes from serving other people in some way. If you want to make a lot of money, serve a lot of people, and serve them in a way that really makes a difference to them.” ― Brian Tracy, The Science of Money
#10. “Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat people — your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.” ― Barbara Bush
#11. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” ― Henry Ford
#12. “It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.” ― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
Thank You for Making a Difference Quotes
It doesn’t matter how small, but if you’re making a positive difference in someone’s life, it makes you a hero. Kindness has a ripple effect.
#13. “We all like to be acknowledged and appreciated. We all like to know we count.” ― Frances Cole Jones, How to Wow
#14. “I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.” ― Maya Angelou
#15. “No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted.” ― Aesop, Aesop’s Fables
#16. “I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage, or bravery, or generosity, or anything else.” ― Roald Dahl
#17. “Where there is love there is life.” ― Mohandas K Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers
#18. “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” ― Scott Adams
Famous Quotes About Making a Difference
Here are some of the most popular quotes about making a difference that lasted generations.
#19. “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” ― Charles Dickens, Hard Times
#20. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ― Anne Frank, Anne Frank’s Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
#21. “We all have dreams… We all want to believe deep down in our souls that we have a special gift, that we can make a difference, that we can touch others in a special way, and that we can make the world a better place.” ― Tony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within
#22. “It’s what you do right now that makes a difference.” ― Mark Bowden
#23. “Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room.” ― The Dalai Lama
#24. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ― Barack Obama
Making A Difference Quotes for Teachers
Teachers have the most important role to play in society. They shape the minds of future humans while they’re still young and impressionable.
#25. “We need to know that we make a positive difference through the work we do.” ― Mike Anderson, The Well-Balanced Teacher
#26. “I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think.” ― Socrates, The Symposium
#27. “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Xun Kuang, Xunzi
#28. “If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.” ― Chinese Proverb, Unknown Source
#29. “Active Listening provides parents with a way of moving in and offering to help the child define the problem for herself, and starting up the process of problem-solving within the child.” ― Thomas Gordon, Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children
#30. “The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”― Plato, The Republic
