Elizabeth Hardwick Quotes

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.

I didn't come to stay. I came to make a difference.

I hope that my work makes a difference because I think that's why I do it.

You don't have to make the headlines to make a difference.

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

I could make a difference.

Do you want to make a point or do you want to make a difference?

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

When I leave this world, I don't want to leave just having a well-known name but having made a difference.

Words are powerful. The tongue is powerful. And when you write it down, and record it, and press it up, it's 100 million times more powerful. It's important to utilize our tongue to help people.

Whatever I want to do, I want to make a difference.

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity of the world.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact.

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference.

Words are where most change begins.

It's a big thing to feel like you're doing something that's actually affecting people.

You need to feel that you're making a difference.

We do make a difference - one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives. Whatever we do with whatever we have, we leave behind us a legacy for those who follow.