Quotes About Impact

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.

No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.

Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it's not just work, but something that will improve other people's lives.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?

To have a firm persuasion in our work - to feel that what we do is right for ourselves and good for the world at exactly the same time - is one of the great triumphs of human existence.

If the building of a bridge does not enrich the awareness of those who work on it, then the bridge ought not to be built.

More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.

It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.

Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does.

A great man leaves clean work behind him, and requires no sweeper up of the chips.

If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied.

Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes

I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.

If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that.

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.