Mahatma Gandhi

“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.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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.”

Robert F. Kennedy

“… each of us can work to

change a small portion of

events ”

“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 the 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.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

“No work is insignificant.”

“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and

importance and should be undertaken with

painstaking excellence.”

Robert F. Kennedy

“The purpose of life is

to contribute in some

way to making things

better.”

Ray Davis

“Status quos are made to

be broken.”

Lady Gaga

“I don't want to make

money; I want to make

a difference”

Mitt Romney

“I went to Massachusetts to

make a difference”

“I didn't go there to begin a political career

running time and time again.

I made a difference.

I put in place the things I wanted to do.”

Michael Dell

• “There's always an opportunity to

make a difference”

“It's through curiosity and looking at

opportunities in new ways that we've always

mapped our path at Dell.

There's always an opportunity to make a

difference.”

Michael J. Fox

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.

“… but to make a difference in

people’s lives…”