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Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologist, historian 1892-1971

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Abraham Lincoln
American statesman 1809-1865

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If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Al Neuharth
American businessman, author, and columnist 1924-2013

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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
Bono
Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman 1960-

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20 years on I'm not that interested in charity. I'm interested in justice. There's a difference. Africa needs justice as much as it needs charity.
Equality for Africa is a big idea. It's a big expensive idea.
Source: PENN Address (2004)
William James
American philosopher 1842-1910

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
Winston Churchill
English statesman 1874-1965

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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Warren Bennis
American scholar, organizational consultant and author 1925-2014

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Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
Jack Kerouac
American novelist and poet 1922-1969

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I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!
Sidney Madwed
American business consultant, lyricist and author

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Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.
Benjamin Disraeli
English statesman and writer 1804-1881

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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish writer and poet 1850-1895

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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
Source: My Best Short Stories (2014) 75
John Erskine
American educator and author, pianist and composer 1879-1951

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There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
George Eliot
English writer and poet 1819-1880

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A difference in taste of jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Source: Daniel Deronda (1876)
Will Rogers
American actor and humorist 1879-1935

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
George Eliot
English writer and poet 1819-1880

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.