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21 " She was happy, yes, in her own way, as best as she knew.But there’s a difference between a single candle in darkness and a sunrise. "
― Victoria Aveyard , Queen Song (Red Queen, #0.1)
22 " There's a difference between living and just surviving. Do something you love, and find someone to love who loves that you love what you do.It is really that simple.And that hard. "
― John Connolly , The Infernals (Samuel Johnson, #2)
23 " There is a difference between talented people and gifted people.Talented people are good AT something "
24 " You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now "
― Avis J. Williams
25 " But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself. "
― Martina Boone , Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1)
26 " If you work by faith and not by sight, you will always see a sign. You have to develop a space of comfort to know that there is a difference between signs and sounds, it means God will tell you that He will make a change in your life but He won't show you anything to demonstrate the change for a little while because He doesn't want your faith to be in the change; He wants your faith to be in the promise, so that when the change is a bit slow in coming, you will know how to trust in Him while you wait for it to come to pass. "
27 " Liz Emerson held so much darkness within her that closing her eyes didn't make much a difference at all. "
― Amy Zhang
28 " I just want to die knowing that I’ve made a difference in the world... or at least a difference to someone, no matter how small the difference. "
― Eloise Dyson , Divided (Divided, #1)
29 " You can make a difference in another person's life and not realize it, just by giving them One Moment of your time, One Memory to recall, One Motion that tells them they are not alone! OM! "
30 " ...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the " do" part of faith. "
31 " True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return... "
― Deborah Barnes
32 " There's a difference between being alive and living. "
― Gabrielle Zevin , All These Things I've Done (Birthright, #1)
33 " The world citizen is a small leaf on the giant tree of life. They do not see a difference between the branch they were born on and the remaining branches on the tree, because they understand well that we are are all connected to the same roots. The world citizen sees each section of the world as part of their arm, leg, eyes, and heart. They do not class, contain or separate themselves or their identity by ethnicity or religion -- because they see their existence as a small part of a greater whole. When asked about their religion, the world citizen simply replies: 'My heart. "
― , Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
34 " I'm a religious man," he said. " I don't believe in a particularGod, but even so one can have a faith, something beyondthe limits of rationality. Marxism has a large element ofbuilt-in faith, although it claims to be a science and notmerely an ideology. This is my first visit to the West: untilnow I have only been able to go to the Soviet Union orPoland or the Baltic states. In your country I see anabundance of material things. It seems to be unlimited. Butthere's a difference between our countries that is also asimilarity. Both are poor. You see, poverty has differentfaces. We lack the abundance that you have, and we don'thave the freedom of choice. In your country I detect a kind of poverty, which is that you do not need to fight for yoursurvival. For me the struggle has a religious dimension, andI would not want to exchange that for your abundance. "
35 " Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book, and creed, and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Mankind will be enslaved until there is mental grandeur enough to allow each man to have his thought and say. This earth will be a paradise when men can, upon all these questions differ, and yet grasp each other's hands as friends. It is amazing to me that a difference of opinion upon subjects that we know nothing with certainty about, should make us hate, persecute, and despise each other. Why a difference of opinion upon predestination, or the trinity, should make people imprison and burn each other seems beyond the comprehension of man; and yet in all countries where Christians have existed, they have destroyed each other to the exact extent of their power. Why should a believer in God hate an atheist? Surely the atheist has not injured God, and surely he is human, capable of joy and pain, and entitled to all the rights of man. Would it not be far better to treat this atheist, at least, as well as he treats us?Christians tell me that they love their enemies, and yet all I ask is—not that they love their enemies, not that they love their friends even, but that they treat those who differ from them, with simple fairness.We do not wish to be forgiven, but we wish Christians to so act that we will not have to forgive them. If all will admit that all have an equal right to think, then the question is forever solved; but as long as organized and powerful churches, pretending to hold the keys of heaven and hell, denounce every person as an outcast and criminal who thinks for himself and denies their authority, the world will be filled with hatred and suffering. To hate man and worship God seems to be the sum of all the creeds. "
― Robert G. Ingersoll , Some Mistakes of Moses
36 " If you are ready to make a difference and shine, then you must be ready to pay the price by laboring rightly with your mouth and with hands. "
37 " Anyone that will make a difference would have to put others ahead of them put others first. "
38 " This is the way to shine; to make a difference even as you choose to stand up, speak out and maintain a valid positive opinion. "
― , The Mountain of Ignorance
39 " There is a difference between information and knowledge, and the most important role of the library is not providing access to information; it is supporting, enhancing, and facilitating the transfer of knowledge - in other words, education. "
40 " The truly wise are meek. Yet being small and meek do not make one weak. Arming oneself with true knowledge generates strong confidence and a bold spirit that makes you a lion of God. The Creator does not want you to suffer, yet we are being conditioned by society to accept suffering, weak and passive dispositions under the belief that such conditions are favorable by God. Weakness is not a virtue praised by God. How could he desire for you to be weak if he tells us to stand by our conscience? Doing so requires strength. However, there is a difference between arrogance when inflating your ego, and confidence when one truly gets closer to God. One feels large, while the other feels small. Why? Because a man of wisdom understands that he is just a small pea in a sea of infinite atoms, and that in the end — we are all connected. And did you not know that the smaller a creature is, the bolder its spirit? "