Quotes About Impact

Long dead and buried in another town, my mother hasn't finished with me yet.

The deaths of those young women changed Canadian society. It brought about much stricter gun legislation (though it could be tougher still) and forced a long, hard, often painful examination of equal rights. Of human rights.

like buzz bombs in the Blitz.

How intimating became intimidating. It was subtle, and all the more powerful for it.

You wouldn't say ' You've got the crappest eyes I've ever seen. Your eyes make me physically sick.

The first victims are always the children.

Beyond hoping that someone will like one of my songs, I don't think about how a song will be received. I just hope that, when somebody hears one of my songs, they'll want to hear it again.

When someone tells me what he or she was doing the first time they heard a song of mine, then I've done a good job. If my song becomes about your life, then I'm successful.

That education is the most important of all professions is a message the public should hear and understand. And, as importantly, a message that our educators need to hear as well.

The most direct and enduring way to reach the mind and imagination of the learner is through the mind, imagination and character of the outstanding teacher.

The single factor most responsible for the disruption of the family is the automobile. Its full effect cannot be assessed. Modern life, as we know, would be impossible without the ubiquitous motorcar. It broke up the old family and community.

To do something however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.

One thing I do know about death. The "better" the person, the more loving and happy and caring, the less of a gap that person's death makes.

I was an elementary school teacher.

The most irrational things can make a power of difference to a very ill woman.

thunder and lightning and our world is another place no day will ever be the same no blood untouched

I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district.

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

the fact that if we all blow ourselves to smithereens, at least Pepito has existed, and that is good, the fact that it's just plain good he was in the world,

as if foreknowledge of an event could somehow buffer you from its reverbrations.

To laugh often and love much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.1

You don't need incredible resources to impact another human being. You can make a difference by being conscious, by thinking of creative ways to make others feel good about themselves.

Every time words are spoken, something is created. Be conscious of what you say and how you say it. Use words that build up, appreciate, encourage and inspire. Lucy MacDonald

Popular music creates most impact in the telling of stories.