Quotes About Impact

here is the new thing and here it is. And yesterday you never thought about it and after today you don't know what you would do without it. That was what the technology was doing. It was your slave but, in a sense, it might be the other way round.

I can teach you a lesson you won't forget in a hurry

You have made quite a splash," said Vetinari, smiling, "as the fish said to the man with the lead weight tied to his feet.

He'd never realized that, deep down inside, what he really wanted to do was make things go splat.

Yes. So what? Lots of people in history have only done their jobs and look at the trouble they caused.

Being a buisance is not something you should die of.

It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone's mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.

And there was nothing you could do about a woman like that. She just turned herself into a hammer and you ran right into her.

People are what they do, and what they leave behind

There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.

Lots of people in history have only done their jobs and look at the trouble they caused

words are much stronger than I am.

True eloquence has an edge, sharp and clean.

Our species is committing suicide- that is a choice -and in the process, we are causing others pain.

In 1850, 150 glaciers were recorded within the boundaries of Glacier National Park. In 2015, only 25 active glaciers remain. After decades of research, scientists have concluded that the glaciers for which the park was named could be gone within fifteen years as a consequence of the burn of global warming.

If you wish to have children, please do something for the world you will bring them into. That will make you someone who works for peace, in one way or another.

Our message is first and foremost a nonverbal one; our message is our own action.

Seeing an equal person as an inferior object is an act of violence, Lou. It hurts as much as a punch to the face. In fact, in many ways it hurts more. Bruises heal more quickly than emotional scars do.

the simple idea that behaviors drive results.

When people focus on themselves rather than on their impact, lots of activity and effort get wasted on the wrong things.

At the end of the day, my leadership effectiveness is measured not by what I am able to accomplish, but by what those whom I lead are able to accomplish.

As you will discover, the mutual impact people have on one another turns on whether they carry a self-focused inward mindset or an others-inclusive outward mindset. Understanding the dynamics of this mutual reciprocity and what to do to improve it is the focus of this book.

Friedrich Nietzsche famously said that "a 'thing' is the sum of its effects.

people who consistently work with an outward mindset excel in three ways that those who work with an inward mindset do not. They 1. see the needs, objectives, and challenges of others 2. adjust their efforts to be more helpful to others 3. measure and hold themselves accountable for the impact of their work on others