Quotes About Impact

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

When you say three things, you say nothing.

The story's power, then, is twofold: It provides simulation (knowledge about how to act) and inspiration (motivation to act).

What would you do if you knew you would not live until 40?

Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.

defining moments can be consciously created. You can be the architect of moments that matter.

Creating more memorable and meaningful experiences is a worthy goal—

What they realized was that they didn't need their colleagues to understand something, they needed them to feel something.

Moments matter. And what an opportunity we miss when we leave them to chance!

For individuals' behavior to change, you've got to influence not only their environment but their hearts and minds.

Mother Teresa once said, "If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will." In

You can be the architect of moments that matter.

British Medical Journal asked its readers to vote on the most important medical milestone that had occurred since 1840, when the BMJ was first published. Third place went to anesthesia, second place to antibiotics. The winner was one you might not have expected: the "sanitary revolution," encompassing sewage disposal and methods for securing clean water. Much of the world, though, is still waiting for that revolution to come.

surprise can warp our perceptions of time, and why most people's most memorable experiences are clustered in their teens and twenties.

The higher numbers get, the less sensitive we get to them, a phenomenon psychologists have labeled "psychophysical numbing.

Smart enough to get into Yale. Economists studied students who had been admitted to two schools of higher and lower prestige but decided to attend the school with lower prestige. Estimated sacrifice in lifetime earnings from attending the less prestigious school: none.

The first thing to realize is that even small environmental tweaks can make a difference

The video game industry is more than 4 times the size of the movie industry, and about 9 times the size of the music industry.

to defy the forgettable flatness of everyday work and life by creating a few precious moments.

If an atomic bomb fell on Raleigh, it wouldn't be news in Benson unless some of the debris and ashes fell on Benson.

We know the fast-food companies have big ad budgets, we know that they outspend healthy messages, but 20 times more, 143 times more, 350 times more? What's the big deal?

The higher numbers get, the less sensitive we get to them, a phenomenon psychologists have labeled "psychophysical numbing." Moving on the number scale from 10 to 20 feels significant. But moving an equal distance from 340 to 350, even though it's the same increase, we feel nothing… that's "numbing.

That visit was a game changer