Top 200 Make A Difference Quotes (2025 Update)
Page 3 of 4

101. “Let the world change you and you can change the world.”

— Ernesto Che Guevara

102. “Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.”

— Simon Sinek

103. “Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.”

— Mignon McLaughlin

104. “Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.”

— Bob Pierce

105. “There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.”

— Carlos Santana

106. “Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.”

— Bill Gates

107. “To add value to others, one must first value others.”

— John C. Maxwell

108. “To change the world, Start with one step. However small, the first step is hardest of all.”

— Dave Matthews

109. “There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

110. “Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.”

— Margaret Mead

111. “I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.”

— Mother Teresa

112. “Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.”

— Zoroaster

113. “Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey.”

— Pope Francis

114. “The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

115. “We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

116. “I believe that through music we can help heal the world.”

— Michael Jackson

117. “Leave this world a little better than you found it.”

— Robert Baden-Powell

118. “Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have, in the place you are.”

— Nkosi Johnson

119. “A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.”

— Marianne Williamson

120. “The life of Jesus is a life for others. It is a life of service.”

— Pope Francis

121. “Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.”

— Rick Warren

122. “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.”

— Nelson Mandela

123. “We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.”

— Billy Graham

124. “To reach peace, teach peace.”

— Pope John Paul II

125. “Profit isn’t a purpose, it’s a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.”

— Simon Sinek

126. “Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.”

— Dennis Prager

127. “There’s always an opportunity to make a difference.”

— Michael Dell

128. “The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.”

— Myles Munroe

129. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”

— Harriet Tubman

130. “We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can’t fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won’t move us forward.”

— Barack Obama

131. “The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but how many men he serves .”

— D.L. Moody

132. “Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”

— Mary McLeod Bethune

133. “I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

134. “The bottomline in leadership isn’t how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.”

— John C. Maxwell

135. “Optimism is a duty. The future is open. It is not predetermined. No one can predict it, except by chance. We all contribute to determining it by what we do. We are all equally responsible for its success.”

— Karl Popper

136. “But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.”

— John Lewis

137. “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”

— Libba Bray

138. “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

139. “Vocation is the place where the world’s greatest need and a person’s greatest joy meet.”

— Frederick Buechner

140. “The more we give, the more we receive. It’s important to give back, because the seeds you plant today, you will harvest tomorrow.”

— Farrah Gray

141. “If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

142. “Kindness is not an act, it’s a lifestyle.”

— Anthony Douglas

143. “If we’re going to fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.”

— Robin Williams

144. “If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.”

— John Lennon

145. “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

— Tom Brokaw

146. “If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world.”

— Elaine S. Dalton

147. “We are all woven together in the great web of humanity, and whatever we can do to benefit and uplift others will reflect in blessing upon ourselves.”

— Ellen G. White

148. “If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.”

— Anita Roddick

149. “Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

— John F. Kennedy

150. “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”

— Nelson Mandela