Quotes About Impact

Magic is like bad grammar; hang around it long enough, and it rubs off on you.

Bastille has a talent for killing conversations. Basically, Bastille has a talent for killing anything.

Every single thing in the city that we touch, see, feel, experience comes as the result of some person's influence.

Destroying the world. That's no mean feat, if you think about it. I wonder if we should be impressed with ourselves.

Like it or not, you are a part of the workings of this kingdom—and you produce effects even if you stay in bed. If you do nothing, then the problems are as much your fault as if you had instigated them.

La esperanza es algo grandioso, y tener héroes resulta esencial para la aspiración humana. (...) Dicho eso, sí que tenéis que aprender a separar la historia y la forma en que te ha afectado del individuo que le dio pie.

o aceptas la opción mejor: que tus actos te definen más que tus intenciones. Que tus objetivos y el viaje que emprendes para alcanzarlos deben alinearse.

Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you've got power over them.

There was nothing quite so frustrating as soft words being wielded like clubs.

The explosion, it seemed, had shocked the life into people.*

And so, untold millions screamed out in pain, and then were suddenly silenced. I hope you're happy.

El fracaso es la medida de una vida bien llevada. Y la única forma de vivir sin fracaso es no servir de nada a nadie.

What was the point of a little voice? Weren't voices for being heard?

Each time I came crashing down into the ocean porpoiselike, water hit my face like the slap of a jilted lover.

In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine.

My business is trying to arouse human pity. There are few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is when they've been used several times, they no longer work. So it happens, for instance, that a man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time that he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a threepenny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll hand him over cold-bloodedly to the police.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

At the end of the day, at the end of the week, at the end of my life, I want to say I contributed more than I criticized.

I've come to the conclusion that the way we engage with social media is like fire—you can use them to keep yourself warm and nourished, or you can burn down the barn. It all depends on your intentions, expectations, and reality-checking skills.

Courage is contagious. My friend Katherine Center says, "You have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs.

Real power is basically the ability to change something if you want to change it. It's the ability to make change happen. Real power is unlimited—we don't need to fight over it because there is plenty to go around. And the great thing about real power is our ability to create it. Real power doesn't force us to take it away from others—it's something we create and build with others.

Courage has a ripple effect. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.

Disappointment is unmet expectations, and the more significant the expectations, the more significant the disappointment.