Derek Hough Quotes

Regardless of whatever I do, I know what my purpose is: to make a difference in people's lives.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

I care about how many people's lives I've positively impacted. That's the unit of measurement I measure myself by.

I made a pact with myself when I was younger that if were to ever grow up to be someone, I would be someone who would make a difference, instead of being just another person on the planet who doesn't look into anything.

When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count.

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.

I want to do really good things with my life.

To make a difference is just... I think... the purpose of what life is.

My greatest life lesson has been that life can change in a second. This is why it's important to always live your best possible life and to do what you can for others.

Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And I chose the pathway that I believe could make me the most significant on changing the outcomes that we see now in North Carolina.

It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time.

If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world.

It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

Whenever you get to change somebody's life or watch it and see it happen, it's amazing.

Looking back is a way to sharpen the focus on the things you want to change in your life. I think there's something about nostalgia that really puts a fine point on the here-and-now, and that can be incredibly fascinating and interesting and engaging for the mind.

Changing someone else's life positively changes yours for the better as well.

I strive every day to do things that make a difference.

To be able to make a difference in one life is really what I'm all about. To make a change.

I'm motivated to keep going to keep making a difference in people's lives.

I basically got into the radio game 'cause I was looking to do something positive with my life.

I've been involved with 'Hamilton' for about two and a half years. I've learned so much. I came into it a young man. Now I've dropped the 'young.'

I just think that the gifts that God has given me and the attention that I have, I just don't feel like acting is the limit of it. I just feel like there's so much more that I could do...And, you know, every day I wake up and I try to do a little more and I just want the world to be different and better because I was here.

If you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can't have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.