Quotes About Impact

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own.

But we are only termites on a planet and maybe when we bore too deeply into the planet there'll be a reckoning. Who knows?

He said, "You misunderstand. We did not kill the nuggies and the other folk hereabouts. They see us, and then they commonly die." "Of what?" I asked. "Of embarrassment.

You always meet people for a reason, Either you are to change their life, Or they are to change yours....

But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.

I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?

But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.

Put yourself where your strengths can produce results.

Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. This is my final recommendation:

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

Funny how that is. The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets

You know, my movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis.

My movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis.

Decoupage hit Mooreland pretty hard...

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

I like to dedicate myself wholeheartedly to a cause so that I have more impact. My goal is to shed light on the beauty of the ocean and how important it is for our planet.

Socially, politically, economically, militarily, culturally, racially, sexually, demographically, even mythologically, World War II was the crucible that forged modern America. It was the transforming event that reshaped all who lived through it, and continues to affect those born after it. Only the American Revolution that created the new nation and the Civil War that preserved the Union rank with it in importance.

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

Be sparing of your words if you wish them to be powerful.

Every institution is affected by the culture in which it lives and especially the culture in which it was born. That includes my church and denomination as well as yours.

for instance, a sermon from Romans on the difference between the man under law and the man under grace may not make much impact, but a story illustrating the difference, like Les Miserables, might make an impression.

Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.