Quotes About Impact

as long as the attack is upon effects only, no change is possible.

It's not the technology that's scary. It's what it does to the relations between people, like callers and operators, that's scary.

In a world of stressful lack of control, an amazing source of control we all have is the ability to make the world a better place, one act at a time.

Pretty straightforwardly, the more categories of adversities a child suffers, the dimmer his or her chances of a happy, functional adulthood.45

the average level of happiness increases in old age; fewer negative emotions occur and, when they do, they don't persist as long. Connected to this, brain-imaging studies show that negative images have less of an impact, and positive images have more of an impact on brain metabolism in older people, as compared to young.

by the year 2020, depression is projected to be the second leading cause of medical disability on earth.

According to UNICEF, if ninety school buses filled with preschoolers crashed every day with no survivors, the world would notice. Yet that's how many young children perish daily from impure water and inadequate sanitation.3 One

Things seemed to consist not of wood and stone but of some grandiose and infinitely tender immorality that, the moment it came in contact with him, turned into a deep moral shock.

Die Wirkung eines großen und ganzen Mannes ist wie die der Schönheit: sie verträgt so wenig eine Leugnung, wie man einen Ballon anbohren darf oder einer Statue einen Hut auf den Kopf setzen.

If all the artists you loved changed you, they'd hack you up in little piece and you'd never get back together. That, or you'd end up loving only one artist forever.

Her tongue could kill at twenty paces.

The weakest punches are thrown with the tongue.

It's all a matter of leverage.

knowing which words work on which kinds of people.

Walt Disney became very rich by making millions of people happy. And Henry Ford became very rich by making the automobile affordable for the working class.

Las personas que corren riesgos cambian al mundo. Pocas personas se vuelven ricas sin asumir riesgos.

I came to realize that while personal success is fulfilling it's much more fulfilling when you can help many others create their own success as well.

My two dads had opposing attitudes and that affected the way they thought.

How can I serve more people?" rather than: "How can I make more money?

This invisible force is the greatest of all leverage

we had to find ways to serve more and more people, rather than be paid more and serve fewer.

It is this Robin Hood fantasy, or taking from the rich to give to the poor, that has caused the most pain for the poor and the middle class.

Your ability to sell—to communicate and position your strengths—directly impacts your success.

I realized that I would wind up like him if I hung around him much longer.