A Quote by Deborah Harkness

I became a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in people's lives.

Deborah Harkness

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Deborah Harkness
American - Novelist
Born: 1965

I became a teacher all right. I wanted to become a teacher because I had a misconception about it. I didn't know that I'd be going into - when I first became a high school teacher in New York, that I'd be going into a battle zone, and no one prepared me for that.

Frank McCourt

We decided to speak publicly about suicide because we wanted to make a difference in other people's lives.

Luke Richardson

I became a high school teacher for many years because it was a very tangible, concrete way where I could make a difference, and quite frankly, the kids didn't care who my father had been, because it was late '90s; none of them were around or remembered my father.

Justin Trudeau

There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've got an idea that's gonna make a big difference to other people's lives, then just get on and do it.

Richard Branson

A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.

Deval Patrick

I decided I wanted to be a painter, and then that moved into wanting to be an animator. By adolescence, I just wanted it to be something that was important...something that would make a difference in people's lives or leave an imprint in history.

Evangeline Lilly

In every endeavour, people make the difference, and just one person has the power to make a profound difference in the lives of so many people.

Lowell Milken

Putting aside all the things that are said about Hillary [Clinton], my main difference with her is on the vision of what kind of society will make people's lives better. So this is a vision of society in which people are too evil or stupid to run their own lives, but those in power are perfectly capable of running everybody else's lives because they're so much smarter.

Charles Koch

I know that it is not enough to be remembered for books and theories. One does not make a difference unless it is a difference in people's lives.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that you can be because you will always be uniquely you. It is why it is always wise to listen to your eternal heart, your eternal instincts, and what it had always strove for and/or to do because really anybody can make a difference not only in their own lives but in the lives of others. It is never too late to shine; never.

George Eliot

I'm going to make a difference in other people's lives because who I am as a person rather than who I was as a football player.

Ryan Leaf

I think that the celebrity is a really important thing, because we have the voice that's recognizable, that can educate people to make a difference and empower them to make a difference, and to also get things in motion with the people in charge that can effect change.

Alyssa Milano

Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.

Maurice Strong

I went to law school because I understood what the power of the law is to make a difference in people's lives.

Maya Harris

It pleases me no end to have had some small impact on people's lives because these phones do make people's lives better. They promote productivity, they make people more comfortable, they make them feel safe and all of those things.