Renee O'Connor Quotes

I want the power that comes from expressing myself creatively and putting something back into the world. Being someone's muse would be flattering, but it could get old fast.

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

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

The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

Making a living is nothing; the great difficulty is making a point, making a difference-with words.

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?

I want my voice to have purpose.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Because I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I feel like that story needs to be told or clarified, or something needs to be shown about that.

I'm trying so hard to do something that means something and has integrity and cares about talent.

If you love something, if you're passionate about it, that's where you're going to have the greatest impact on the people around you: by living in those passions and sharing that passion with other people and sharing your gifts and what God created you to be.

You want to make an impact and show what you're about.

I just want to do something meaningful in the world. I want to contribute positively. That means the roles I get to play as well.

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

I just want to do something that I feel makes a difference.

There's a difference between a job and purpose. If I did my job without purpose, I wouldn't have the intention to put things out there that should be heard. But I have a purpose.

If your job is not making a difference in this world, by all means, get out there and find something else ... You’ll find a sense of making a difference through your work if you simply look for it.

I want to feel like the things I did made a difference. That's one of the reasons I spend time greeting people on rope lines, because I'm always thinking, 'Maybe this interaction, particularly if I'm meeting kids, will change someone's life.' That's how I think about the work I do as First Lady. It's a rare spotlight. I want to make sure I don't waste it.

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

I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they're treading water -- that if they vanished in smoke, it wouldn't mean anything at all in this world. And that's a despairing and destructive feeling. It'll kill you.

I don't want to think my life as a career. I'm interested in my work only because of the meaning I can make.

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

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

Baseball needs me because it needs somebody to stir the pot, and I need it because it's my life. It's the means I have to make a little difference in the world.