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19 Quotes That Will Inspire You To Make A Difference

by Bianca Caruana November 14, 2016October 15, 2018
written by Bianca Caruana November 14, 2016October 15, 2018
19 Quotes That Will Inspire You To Make A Difference

Sometimes you need a little inspiration and alternative perspective to make a change, and change is something that the world needs right now.

Here are 19 inspirational quotes that will inspire you to make a difference, if not in your own life, then in the world around you.

 

19 quotes that will inspire you to make a difference.

 

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – Barack Obama

 

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman

 

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. – Robin Williams

 

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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. –Mother Teresa

 

If you ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, most people haven’t done it. – Angelina Jolie

 

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives. – Nicholas Kristof

 
 

If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent. – Warren Buffett

 

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life. – Confucius

 

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

 

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. – Gandhi

 

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King

 

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. – Dalai Lama

 

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Gandhi

 

You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one. – John Lennon

 

 

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