Quotes About Impact

Think of how we, as adults, respond to a person who builds on our strengths. If somebody very important to us thinks we're the greatest thing since remote controls, we will perform like gangbusters for that person. But if that important person thinks we're the scum of the earth, we will probably never prove him or her wrong.

What type of influence do books and especially horror films have on a spiritual life? A negative one.

it cannot fail to be admitted, that when protectionism raises the price of things, the consumer loses the difference. But, then, it is said, national labor is the gainer. No, it is not the gainer; for since the Act, it is no more encouraged than it was before, to the amount of fifteen francs. The only thing is that, since the Act, the fifteen francs of John Q. Citizen go to the metal trade, while before it was put in force, they were divided between the ironmonger and the bookseller.

No conviction makes so lasting an impression on the mind as that which it works out for itself.

A cuánta gente habrá salvado la vida Mozart?

Posible definición del amor: un electrochoque que resucita el recuerdo.

It is not always the events that touch us personally that affect us the most.

No podía imaginarme que pudiese poseer una cualidad alegre: pertenecía a esa clase de individuos cuya presencia hace que todo salga mal.

Happiness is feeling useful to others.

Words were dangerous when loosed. They were more powerful than cannon and more unpredictable than storms. They could turn men's heads inside out and warp their destinies. They could pick up kingdoms and shake them until they rattled.

Pull on a thread, and you pull on the whole web. And then out come the spiders . . .

Well, what do you think would happen to your face if you found out something you couldn't forget? Something terrible that changed the way you thought, and would show through your expressions forever?' Leodora leaned forward and spoke in a low, gentle tone. 'Your face would be spoilt. And then there would be no point to you any more.

People want to feel what they do makes a difference.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

We're just a drop in the bucket, and that's meaningless. But we say, 'No, wait a minute. If you have a bucket, those raindrops fill it up very fast. Being a drop in the bucket is magnificent.' The problem is we cannot see the bucket. Our work is helping people see that there is a bucket. There are all these people all over the world who are creating this bucket of hope. And so our drops are incredibly significant.

The Bible is a profoundly liberating document, but there is no denying that it also contains deeply problematic texts—indeed, "texts of terror"2 that have adversely impacted the lives of women, slaves, Jews, Palestinians, Native Americans, and gays (to mention but a few). Such texts and prevalent interpretations of them may be described as "tyrannical" in the sense that they have legitimated the right of some to exercise unjust power or control over others. They

If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.

Dicho de otro modo, no importa lo que somos, sino lo que hacemos con lo que somos. Da igual vivir 650.000 horas que seis horas y media. Las horas no sirven para nada si no sabes qué hacer con ellas.

I believe it was Jung who said that all beings are joined by invisible threads. You pull one, and the whole set moves. That is why every small act affects everything and everyone. Titus in Love in Lowercase

Ljubav u malom? -Da, to je možda jedino otkri?e kojim se ponosim – rekao sam ushi?eno. ?ovek u?ini malo dobro delo, a to pokrene lanac doga?aja u kojima njegov ?in bude višestruko nagra?en ljubavlju. Na kraju, iako ho?eš da se vratiš na mesto gde je sve po?elo, to više nije mogu?e. Jer je ljubav u malom izbrisala sve staze povratka ka onome što si nekada bio.

Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that don't show you how that's not good.

You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time. Even if you are asking God to restrain their evil actions, you should also be praying that He will change their hearts. Only eternity will reveal the impact of our prayers for others.

I realize that my ministry would someday come to an end. I am only one in a glorious chain of men and women God has raised up through the centuries to build Christ's church and take the Gospel everywhere.

Movie and television stars lay down the law of fashions, manners, speech, and even moral behavior. It has been proven that a movie or a television program can brainwash.