Quotes About Impact

Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.

It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.

Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.

Bono actually gets a lot of substantial work done. The guy really does put a lot of things together and, while I'm not a fan of his music, I greatly applaud his humanitarian efforts.

I wanted to work on policy because I think it really makes a difference.

I have made the cause of children and families really my life's work.

I believe I am doing the work for humanity. This show is so uplifting.

I still feel that the kind of leader I want to be is one that spends time understanding our work in a way that allows me to translate it for policymakers and people who have real access to resources.

There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.

People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing.

In order to do well, missionary work has to be totally positive.

Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.

In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we're doing anonymously.

That of War and Peace or of Almagestes. All are satisfactory. The only criterion of a work is its validity: that it should grip and that it should last.

the power of a text is not time-bound. The words go on doing their work.

Seeing David Mackenzie's work in "Starred Up," I thought that was a wonderful film.

I think that we should all be defined by our work and our results.

In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.

I mean, "The Jinx" is an amazing piece of cinema and amazing television moment, it's rare documentarians can feel the direct impact of their work.

The Recovery Act is working, but it's going to continue to work. It's not over. A lot's going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there's more to come with the act.

Informing all of Carson's work was the idea that although human beings are part of nature, we are distinguished by our power to alter it irreversibly.

We [the United States] are not every other country. And models that work elsewhere may not have the same impact here.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.