Quotes About Impact

I'd be dishonoring God if I didn't believe I was put here on Earth to help change the world.

You never know when one kind act, or one word of encouragement, can change a life forever.

a small amount of kindness can make a large amount of difference

Kind words can heal and harsh words can kill

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

Never underestimate the distance that one simple act of kindness can carry you.

A simple act of kindness the size of a rice grain can weigh as heavy as a mountain.

Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.

"Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference"

Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.

It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one's soul. Great knowledge is not enough.

Lo raro es que las palabras no tengan más consecuencias nefastas de las que normalmente tienen. O tal vez no lo sabemos suficientemente, creemos que no tienen tantas y todo es un desastre perpetuo debido a lo que decimos.

Todo el mundo obliga a todo el mundo, y si no el mundo se detendría. Todo permanecería flotando en una vacilación global y continua.

So who does shape the world, then? Who is in a position to do that?

Cuando estás triste, no hay nada como Adele para ponerte aún peor.

Cada vez que das un paso adelante, estás destinado a perturbar algo. Agitas el aire mientras avanzas, levantas polvo, alteras el suelo. Vas atropellando cosas. Cuando una sociedad entera avanza, ese atropello se hace en una escala mucho mayor; y cada cosa que trastornes, los intereses creados que quieras suprimir, todo se convierte en un obstáculo. MAHATMA GANDHI

no deberían descalificar nunca un libro «porque sí». Ninguna novela resiste en la memoria colectiva si no es porque ha tocado «algo», una fibra invisible de nuestra sensibilidad, o ha aportado alguna respuesta a las dudas de sus lectores. El desafío que plantean esa clase de libros es saber de qué se trata. Y para averiguarlo, a veces se hace necesario descomponer la obra, desmontarla en piezas para intentar encontrar ese elemento.

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

The phenomenon of peer pressure and its impact on academic achievement has reached catastrophic proportions. It has now reached a point that to do well academically in school is to act white and risk being called a nerd or a brainiac. For males, the peer pressure is so great, you may be called a sissy.

The Law of Ignoring says that whatever you ignore will, most likely, get worse in time. If you want to live life on your terms and secure a job that provides the life you want, you have to make it happen.

The Law of Messaging states that for most jobs, there are about six to eight messages that you have to communicate that will make 90 percent of the difference between getting an interview and not getting an interview and between getting a job offer and being a runner-up. Said differently, there are only about six to eight things that determine 90 percent of your value to a prospective employer.

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.

In my humdrum life, the daily battle hasn't been good vs. evil. It's hardly so epic. Most days, my real battle is doing good vs. doing nothing. -Deirdre Sullivan

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.