101
SELECTED
QUOTES
ON
MAKING
A
DIFFERENCE
Irfan Alli
Insights to Becoming an Agent of Change
Copyright © 2014 by Irfan Alli
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-2372-2
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In 101 SELECTED QUOTES ON MAKING A DIFFERENCE you will learn:
1.The purpose of life.
2.Why you should fly cheap.
3.What is loyalty.
4.How you can make a difference.
5.The best way to find yourself.
6.Which to focus on – money or purpose?
7.Who are the three people who really make a difference.
8.The difference between making a living and a life.
9.The most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world.
10.The seven deadly sins you must avoid to make a difference.
11.The connection between changing yourself and changing the world.
12.Who has the right to criticize.
13.How the world can achieve peace.
14.And much more.
Find out about these and other issues by reading this book.
IRFAN ALLI: Irfan Alli is the author of several eBooks. Among them:
1.101 Selected Sayings of Buddha
2.What are Angels?
3.101 Selected Sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
4.Family Makeovers
5.101 Selected Sayings of Mahatma Gandhi
6.Enlightenment from the Quran – God’s Last Revelation to Mankind
7.25 Prophets of Islam
8.201 Motivational Quotes from Around the World
9.Spouse Trap – Over 200 Questions to Ask Before Saying ‘I do’
Over the last 25 years he has served as a director and educator in Islamic organizations as well as a lay Muslim Chaplain in Canadian hospitals and prisons. Irfan is often asked to speak to Muslims and non-Muslims to help them better understand Islam. His presentations to students, parents, youths, community groups, pastors, educators, and at interfaith forums have been well received.
His volunteer efforts, professional work and recreational activities have taken him all across Canada, the U.S., Brazil, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Guyana, Pakistan, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, China and Turkey. What he has learned from his travels is reflected in his writing. Irfan lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife, four children, and a growing number of grandchildren.
INTRODUCTION
All of us want to make a difference, but then think why bother, I am only one person and what difference can I make.
We can all make a difference individually and when we put our efforts together we can bring about real change.
The important thing is to start in your community, neighbourhood, city or country. Once you have momentum you may then want to spread your wings and help causes and people in other countries.
With the internet, the ways we can make a difference are endless and even those of us who don’t want to leave our comfort zone or do something physical can get involved.
One such cause is Kiva http://www.kiva.org/ This is a cause I am committed to as I believe they make a difference. My team on Kiva is called Helping Hands International http://www.kiva.org/team/helping_hands_international. It seeks to help people despite color, language or religion. Feel free to explore and join us.
Remember ideas not coupled with action become no bigger than the brain cells they once occupied and small initiatives that you and I take can make a huge difference in people’s lives.
I hope you benefit from 101 Selected Quotes on Making a Difference as much as I have in putting it together.
Irfan Alli
1
I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.
Leo C. Rosten
2
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
Zig Ziglar
3
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a finger print - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
Oprah Winfrey
4
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Mahatma Gandhi
5
That's the beauty of coaching. You get to touch lives, you get to make a difference. You get to do things for people who will never pay you back and they say you never have had a perfect day until you've done something for someone who will never pay you back.
Morgan Wootten
6
Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.
Blake Mycoskie
7
Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
Nelson