Quotes About Impact

She had the kind of face that must be seen in action to be attractive.

Professors are very great men. They shape the minds of our future.

Journalists are notoriously prone to exaggerate the beneficial impact of elections and to ignore more complex developments.

An economic blockade may cause more deaths by a factor of a hundred, but it does so silently and behind closed doors. Its first victims are the very young, the very old and the very sick. The numbers of children dying before their first birthday increased from one in thirty when sanctions were imposed to one in eight seven years later. Many Iraqis were simply not getting enough to eat. I

It was not so much what Vicki did that night: it was what she said. It was not so much her behaviour: it was her vocabulary!

the results end up on the wrong side of memorable.

A crítica é fútil porque coloca as pessoas na defensiva e faz com que lutem para se justificar. A crítica é perigosa, porque fere o orgulho precioso das pessoas, atinge a sua auto-estima e desperta ressentimentos.

To say we must be more mindful of our words is an understatement.

What a difference that made!

A eloquência de um líder costuma ser parte importante desse processo, mas o essencial é sua visão interior. Ele deve ser capaz de comunicá-la com vigor, mediante palavras ou ações.

Portanto, a única forma de influenciar as pessoas é falar sobre o que elas querem e mostrar como alcançar o que desejam.

We must first remember that today's relational successes are not measured on the scale of media—which ones to use and how many friends, fans, or followers one can accumulate. They are measured on the scale of meaning. Become meaningful in your interactions and the path to success in any endeavor is simpler and far more sustainable. The reason? People notice. People remember. People are moved when their interactions with you always leave them a little better.

But I am tremendously interested in what religion does for me, just as I am interested in what electricity and good food and water do for me.

This result is as important for the owner of a business as it is for authors and bloggers.

Roosevelt, and Dorothy Dix. But that was only a beginning. I also did something else that was far more important than the interviews

Amo meu trabalho de professor. Escrevi um livro chamado The Excitement of Teaching (A empolgação de lecionar). Ensinar sempre foi mais do que uma arte ou uma ocupação para mim; é uma paixão. Amo ensinar como um pintor ama pintar ou um cantor ama cantar. Antes de me levantar da cama de manhã, penso com muita alegria no meu primeiro grupo de alunos. Entusiasmo é um dos principais combustíveis para se alcançar o sucesso na vida.

1871, a young man picked up a book and read twenty-one words that had a profound effect on his future. A medical student at the Montreal General Hospital

We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.

Your tone speaks so loudly I can hardly hear a word you are saying.

sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariably end in futility.

It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.

they sought small, meaningful ways to leave people a little better.

If Al Capone, Two Gun Crowley, Dutch Schultz, and the desperate men and women behind prison walls don't blame themselves for anything - what about the people with whom you and I come in contact?

it is turning us into shallower thinkers