Quotes About Impact

History will remember this," she says. "I do not need to.

And once we die, what we leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. [Pericles]

Yes, they have. And once we die, what we leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." "Pericles.

As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

action makes all the difference. (Chapter 1)

It is true that clutter cleaning helps us release mental energy that makes us feel better. But decluttering also has a positive impact on the quality of the space. (Chapter 4)

But the thing to remember, Jack, is that it's only an echo. It's like a footprint or a shadow. It can't hurt you. All it can do is frighten.

We've seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into your community who are healthy and they're great images for the city to gravitate toward, especially for kids.

If God built me a ladder to heaven, I would climb it and elbow drop the world

The closer it came the more speed it gathered about it, until suddenly it was tearing a great hole right through the day.

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

when a man is sexually abused as a child, he will take it out on others, while a woman will tend to take it out on herself.

But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room.

The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.

Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't.

Un disparo rasgó el aire y como plátano desgajado del racimo se desplomó un hombre.

He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in every pie.

The more thou stir it, the worse it will be.

My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I'm not selling bread; I'm selling yeast.

há alturas em que a beleza é tão devastadora que magoa.

It might be true that it is "quality time" that counts, but after a certain point quantity has a bearing on quality.

But no social change can come about until the consciousness of individuals is changed first. When a young man asked Carlyle how he should go about reforming the world, Carlyle answered, "Reform yourself. That way there will be one less rascal in the world." The advice is still valid. Those who try to make life better for everyone without having learned to control their own lives first usually end up making things worse all around.

Oppression is often made possible by a new technological advance—sometimes as dramatic as the introduction of farming, sometimes as apparently trivial as the stirrup.

Those who try to make life better for everyone without having learned to control their own lives first usually end up making things worse all around.