Quotes About Impact

A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.

Words as empty as the wind are best left unsaid

Yea, he who is a true king of men, will not say to himself, 'Lo! I am worthy to be crowned with laurels;' but rather will he say to himself, 'What more is there that I may do to make the world the better because of my endeavors?

Life is a sum of all your choices," wrote Albert Camus. Large or small, our actions forge our futures, hopefully inspiring others along the way.

Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people,can transform the world.

Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can change the world.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform the world.

Outright lying or quiet omission takes the risk of discovery which, when made, might arouse the reader to rebel against the writer. To state the facts, however, and then to bury them in a mass of other information is to say to the reader with a certain infectious calm: yes, mass murder took place, but it's not that important—it should weigh very little in our final judgments; it should affect very little what we do in the world.

When guns boom, the arts die.

there were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it. . . .

When he arrived on Hispaniola in 1508, Las Casas says, "there were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines.

In the year 1959 that was a bold theatrical event.

Zinn is writing in response to the timeless questions that burn within anyone who cares about creating a more just society and world. Is change possible? Where will it come from? Can we actually make a difference? How do you remain hopeful?

In all, Africa may have lost as many as 5o million human beings to death and slavery during the centuries that we call the beginnings of modern civilization.

water vapor is a greenhouse gas

Da li bi ?ovjek trebao tetovirati srce na ?elo? Tada bi cijeli svijet vidio: srce mu je udarilo u glavu. A budu?i da bi to bilo srce boje tinte, modro poput umiranja, agonijsko, moglo bi se re?i i: smrt mu je udarila u glavu. Mi samo trebamo zapisati koliko duboko nas je pogodio užas.

Books have a way of dwelling like parasites, carried forth in the minds of readers, turning up by force of succession in later works of art. I was part of that living chain of ideas reaching into the future.

Any combination of a 250-pound Mexican and LSD-25 is a potentially terminal menace for anything it can reach

When you bring an act into this town, you want to bring it in heavy. Don't waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors. Go straight for the jugular. Get right into felonies.

A man has to BE something; he has to matter.

The hoofbeats rang through the town like pistol shots.

Historical figures lose their center when they become anxious over the outcome of their actions.