11 quotes from difference makers

Ever wonder how you can help create positive change? Here is advice from 10 outstanding people whose lives made a difference in the world.

9. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Concord (Mass.) Museum houses many artifacts from the town's historic past. Shown here are some of the town's famous writers, from left: Bronson Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

'The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.'

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

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