Quotes About Impact

there was no way to keep from knowing. Often in the evening, turning the dial on the radio, we would pick up a voice from Germany. The voice did not talk, or even shout. It screamed. Oddly,

How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that marks a turning point.

I am not here to make you feel better, I am just here to make you feel worse

Service-based leadership is a mindset: you work for your people. It is not complex; often it's the small acts of service that have the greatest impact on morale and camaraderie.

A leader is someone who influences outcomes and inspires others.

It was, without question, one of the best days of her entire adult life. Because of him.

Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.

What's amazing is that I'm recognized all over the world through 'Red Dwarf.' British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. It makes you feel like a rock star!

There are so many of us now that we threaten to devour the world with our touching, starting with the things we adore most. At the same time, we obviously yearn for contact, and I fear what would happen if we were cut off from a distinctive, on-the-ground relationship with the past.

The world of technology is the sum total of what people do. Its redemption can only come from changes in what people, individually and collectively, do or refrain from doing. —Ursula M. Franklin

We have been swamped by a tsunami of new technologies, without pausing to consider whether they are good or bad, helpful or hurtful. Are they making us more thoughtful, more articulate, more loving?

You know who they're blaming for global warming now? This is true. Fat people.

One of the interesting quirks of the aging process is that events that seem to have little or no impact at the time resonate with a thunderous importance later on, like an expertly constructed detective novel.

It must be depressing to have your sole purpose in the universe be pointing out other people's mistakes. Am I right, Internet trolls, gossip columnists, and clergymen?

A pebble thrown in a pool may ripple from end to end, but tossed into the sea, it is swallowed by enormity.

27 - Species that will become extinct on every single day of your life. This means that during the 28,745 days you will spend on Earth, 780,000 species will disappear forever.

You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference.

Ask yourself this question: at the end of your life, is it really going to matter how many Likes you got?

He puts us here to make an eternal difference. He puts us here to show everyone around us how much He loves them. He puts us here to be His hands and feet, His body and His heart.

a lie believed as truth will affect your life as if it were true.

His famous, soul-stirring "I have a dream" speech will still give you chills and break your heart today. Decades later, long after his life on earth tragically ended, the legacy of his burden lives on, improving lives for generations to come. All because one man allowed his burden to birth a dream.

And because God has entrusted you with such riches, you can use these resources to make a profound difference in countless lives.

When we think about the kind of person we want others to remember us for being, it's much easier to work backward from our deaths