Quotes About Impact

What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.

The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!

Go out into the world, find work that you love, learn from your mistakes, and work hard to make a difference.

IIFA is always involved in charity, and that's why it's a great thing that I am a part of IIFA and will continue to work along with them.

To be really great, you need to be naturally funny in order to stand out. But you can work at it, and find the best vehicle that you have to communicate what you're saying to people.

In my view, the only recourse for a scientist concerned about the social consequences of his work is to remain involved with it to the end.

Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.

I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

The best way to end poverty is to simply give people work, which isn't considered 'sexy' among donors who want to fund a preschool or cure a disease.

Success is creating something original and lasting-whether it is a company, a work of art, an idea or analysis that influence others, or a happy and productive family.

I want all my books to provoke some kind of response in the reader, to make them think something or feel something or both, and for that to become a part of them and work into their own lives.

Not to sound cliché or anything, but with the downtime that I have and the possible platform that my work could give me, I'd like to figure out a way to give back and make a difference, you know?

Understanding that celebrity derives from and is a result of some form of accomplishment, it's always gratifying to work with individuals who have made some sort of contribution to society.

The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next 25 or 50 years.

Put your passions to work to make this world a better place.

God wants to use you to make a difference in His world. He wants to work through you. What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.

The average American salesmen keeps 33 men and women at work - 33 people producing the product he sells . . . and is responsible for the livelihood of 130 people.

The longest lives are short; our work lasts longer.

Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for the better.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).

You can't work on the biceps and ignore the rest of the body, and you can't just say one issue is important when you are looking at how to make the world a better place.

I didn't worry about it because I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back.

Art has a smaller audience than, say, movies or other forms of mass consumption. But that doesn't mean the work doesn't have an impact in a way that transcends just a few cultural arbiters.