Quotes About Impact

History books say that kings and dukes and generals start wars. Don't believe it. We start them, you and I. Every time we turn away, keep quiet, stay out of it, behave ourselves.

But words are more powerful than anything.

Make them care, Mattie,' she said softly. 'And don't you ever be sorry.' -Emily Wilcox

By changing a life, just one life, you -can- change the world. It is the only way anyone ever has. [Anna of Cleves]

You gave those people hope, girl, and that's a dangerous thing. There's no greater weapon in the whole world than hope. It's dangerous because it's powerful.

Venom can be drawn from flesh, but poisoned words lodge deep in our hearts, where no antidote can reach.

Los libros de historia dicen que los reyes, los duques o los generales son quienes empiezan las guerras. No te lo creas. Las empezamos nosotros, tú y yo. Cada vez que le damos la espalda a alguien, que guardamos silencio, que no nos metemos, que nos portamos bien.

I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is.

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?

Yeah, I understood that last night at the wreck. Nothing says I love you like a dead body.

A boy who was such a threat to my mental health and happiness should not be so tall.

Was it good to treasure the memory of a few perfect hours together? Or would I have been better off never meeting him?

I know I'm famous and irresitible - a combination whose properties closely resemble radioactivity - and I know that you in this room are helpless against me.

He looks tired, like someone walked on his skin and left footprints.

What I Suddenly Understand My job is to make people uncomfortable. + I will do it all my life. ---> My mother, Sasha Blake, is my first victim.

Power is like that; everyone feels it at once.

Time's a goon, right? Isn't that the expression?

It's the weird and terrible way of this place that a little thing, a hand on a head, can matter so much.

It's a pity we're forced to make the choices that govern the whole of our lives when we're so goddamn young.

Experience leaves a mark, regardless of the reasons and principles behind it.

People in America are not ignorant of Christianity. They've heard the message, seen our churches on every corner, they flick by our Christian TV shows, they see our fish symbols on the backs of our cars. They've seen so much of pop Christian culture that they have a programmed response to us: Ignore, ignore, ignore. What's needed is a change of parameters—something that will alter their emotional response.

If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them both.

What makes the gospel good news isn't the concept, but the real-life person who has been changed by it.[90]

If we took Jesus' famous teachings away and just focused on the way He lived, He would still be radical.