Quotes About Impact

the word dying was not synonymous with useless.

Dying is not in synonymous with Useless

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."   —HENRY ADAMS

Over time, I guess all your teachers find their way into your music, right?

and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed.

The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you.

But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact.

I didn't want to be ordinary, I mumbled. My mother looked up. What ordinary, Charley? You know. Someone you forget. From the other room came the squeals of children. Miss Thelma turned her chin to the sound. She smiled,That's what keeps me from being forgotten.

They were there, or would be there, because of the simple, mundane things Eddie had done in his life, the accidents he had prevented, the rides he had kept safe, the unnoticed turns he had affected every day.

No life is a waste .

Everyone joins a band in this life. And what you play always affects someone. Sometimes, it affects the world. Frankie's symphony ends. And so, at last, we rest.

But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact. Chika filled every day. She drank it in. She lived it up. And always, always, she affected someone, most often by making them smile.

Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, you will always find your way back.

Your voice was a weather vane, it told us how your wind was blowing.

Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. "You notice," he added, grinning, "there's nothing in there about

and the anchor asked if my old professor had anything he wanted to say to the millions of people he had touched. Although he did not mean it this way, I couldn't help but think of a condemned man being asked for his final words. "Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. "And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place." He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die.

In heaven, there is no judgment, but rather an opportunity to examine our lives-who we touched, the choices we made, and the consequences of those choices. -Blue Man

As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on—in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.

This is the response: That you spent your days giving. Of your time. Of your heart. Of yourself. That's how you live on, for a day, or, through others, generations.

He was intent on proving that the word dying was not synonymous with useless.

When you are born, you cried while the world rejoiced.Live your life in such a way that when you die the world cries while you rejoice.

Things that happen before you are born still affect you, she said. And people who come before your time affect you as well. We move through places every day that would never have been if not for those who came before us. Our workplaces, where we spend so much time -- we often think they began with our arrival. That's not true.

Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. You notice, there's nothing in there about a salary.

So many poeple walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to your community around you, devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning