Quotes About Impact

Why did some images stay with us that way, he wondered, arbitrary flashes of life seared into memory, while others vanished without a trace?

The sight of a rich man dying is one to shake all your assumptions about a free market economy; here

As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone. Their thoughts, their feelings, their memories, they become a part of us.

Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.

on meth." Matthews shook his head. "Just what we fuckin' need.

The way you walk is slash and burn. Like understatement's now a crime.

Herkes bir silah olabilir.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed.

Rosa is pushing all the buttons.

As is usually the case, those who lived at the time did not fully comprehend the enormous consequences of the events they witnessed.

On studying Luther's life and work, one thing is clear: the much-needed reformation took place, not because Luther decided that it would be so, but rather because the time was ripe for it, and because the Reformer and many others with him were ready to fulfill their historical responsibility.

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

I mention this because that's how the world changes. It's either so quick that we never know what hit us, or so gradual that we don't notice.

I take the view that we're the sum of everything that happens to us, good and bad. It's an alchemist's interpretation, of course, seeing people as a compilation of ingredients combined and acted on by processes. The implication is, if you leave out one of the ingredients, even if, particularly if, it's unstable or noxious, you get a different result.

I mention this because that's how the world changes. It's either so quick that we never know what hit us, or so gradual that we don't notice. It's only later, when books are written and scholars decide what mattered and what didn't, that red lines are drawn

We must live according to what we know from Scripture, committed to a heavenly kingdom, so that our lives affect not only our home and community, and perhaps our state and country—but also the entire earth.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

Half of what I say is meaningless but I say it so that the other half may reach you.

the United States exploded a 10.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb in the Pacific, vaporizing the island of Elugelab. A clearly depressed Conant told a Newsweek reporter, "I no longer have any connection with the atomic bomb. I have no sense of accomplishment.

but his main influence came from his continuous and intense presence, which produced a sense of direct participation in all of us.

My true passion has always been to use my status as an author to make a positive impact.

Never underestimate a person who is kind and sweet. They may have friends in high places or some other superpower. I have written a large company about some improvements and glitches they have which affected my and other authors'/partners' sales. They did very little. Now they are being looked at by people in high places. - Strong by Kailin Gow about the Strength of Being an Influencer