I have to change how people view themselves in the world. I have to get people to believe they can in fact make a difference.... W...e view ourselves ... as people trained to develop people. Issues are only tools. Think about the guy who works in a factory. He's on the assembly line. He's a nobody. He doesn't do the kind of work that's ever gonna get him recognition. Take that same person and he's a key leader in the parish or in a union. Suddenly that same man, who from Monday to Friday stands on the assembly line at General Motors and is a nobody, is somebody over here. People look to him. He makes a difference and he knows it. He counts.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
God of justice, God of mercy, Make us merciful and just!... Help us see all your creation As from you a sacred trust. And when people cry in anguish For their own or others' pain, Show us ways to make a difference O dear God, make us humane!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It's not like I was out there running and not knowing what's going on in the country. I knew what was going on, but I felt this is... not something that is going to bog me down and not let me participate. The only way I was going to make a difference for myself or any other black person is to say the hurdles were there and do what I had to do.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late ...to alter events, or to make a difference in living.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Self-esteem creates natural highs. Knowing that you're lovable helps you to love more. Knowing that you're important helps you to ...make a difference to to others. Knowing that you are capable empowers you to create more. Knowing that you're valuable and that you have a special place in the universe is a serene spiritual joy in itself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There can be no difference anywhere that doesn't make a difference elsewhere--no difference in abstract truth that doesn't express... itself in a difference in concrete fact and in conduct consequent upon that fact, imposed on somebody, somehow, somewhere, and somewhen.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We have a responsibility to "make a difference" in the legal system and the administration of justice. My hope is that when histor...ians assess the impact of this early wave of successful women entering all corners of the legal profession, they will not find us wanting.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Remember that the peer group is important to young adolescents, and there's nothing wrong with that. Parents are often just as imp...ortant, however. Don't give up on the idea that you can make a difference.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue.... Moreover this activity ...must occupy a complete lifetime; for one swallow does not make spring, nor does one fine day; and similarly one day or a brief period of happiness does not make a man supremely blessed and happy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »