Quotes About Impact

never doubt that a single thoughtful, committed person can change the world.

two critical areas of life, everyday happiness and long-term impact,

One of the most compelling, universal human drives is the desire to feel that we make a difference—that because we were here, the world is a better place. Human beings are social animals, and there's something hardwired into us that needs to know that we've had an impact on the world.

little steps, compounded, do make a difference.

The more success we have, the more greatness we step into and the more abundance we experience, the more responsibility we have to the world around us.

I want the world to be better because I was here. I want my life, my work, my family to mean something. If you are not making someone else's life better you are wasting your time. Your life will only become better by helping make other lives better.

Greatness is always in the moment of the decision.

A single thoughtful, committed person can change the world. We are all having a ripple effect on others; the question is, what kind of ripple effect, negative or positive, do we want to have?

Every decision you make is a slight edge decision. What you're going to do, how you're going to act, what you're going to read, who you're going to chat with on the phone, what you're going to eat for lunch, who you're going to associate with. How you're going to treat your fellow workers. What you're going to get done today.

At the end of the day, your job is to minimize output, and maximize outcome and impact.

Your job isn't to build more software faster: it's to maximize the outcome and impact you get from what you choose to build.

Focus on what you hope will happen outside the system to make decisions about what's inside the system.

The clean language and distinction between output and outcome was first made clear to me in a talk by Robert Fabricant called "Behavior Is Our Medium".

Minimize output, and maximize outcome and impact.

Stories get their name from how they should be used, not what should be written.

Remember: at the end of the day, your job isn't to get the requirements right — your job is to change the world.

Stories aren't a written form of requirements; telling stories through collaboration with words and pictures is a mechanism that builds shared understanding. Stories aren't the requirements; they're discussions about solving problems for our organization, our customers, and our users that lead to agreements on what to build. Your job isn't to build more software faster: it's to maximize the outcome and impact you get from what you choose to build.

Stories get their name not from how they're supposed to be written, but from how they're supposed to be used.

Remember, our goal is to minimize the amount we build (our output) and maximize the benefit we get from doing it (the outcomes and impact).

When I walk into environments where the walls are clear, or even covered with pleasant artwork — or worst of all, motivational posters — it makes me sad.

I was a big Doug Plank fan," said Tim Ehlebracht, a Blitz wide receiver. "Then my first day of practice I come over the middle, he hits me, and I end up in the hospital after landing on my head.

At the end of the day, we supported globalization because we wanted to be able to buy cheaper computers, cheaper vehicles, cheaper clothes and cheaper furniture. Wal-Mart parking lots were jammed with North American workers buying bargain-basement-priced goods made in China even if in the process they were shopping themselves right out of their own jobs.

Like a beautiful brightly colored flower without fragrance Is the well-spoken word without action. Like a beautiful brightly colored flower full of fragrance Is the well-spoken word and the deed that matches the word. DHAMMAPADA 51-52

If you are not affected, if you are not hurt by what we do, then you will not do anything to stop it. The war will simply continue. As long as it is just the soldiers