Quotes About Impact

What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I change the world today?

His lessons cautioned me that great events often hinged on small ones. (Bee talking about the Fool)

What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine

C'était pénible d'être témoin d'une si terrible

No one has the right to die uselessly

Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I change the world today?

There had been a few occasions when words had so reached into him and settled their truth in him like roots in rich earth.

That is both the danger and the hope of life. That each of us changes the world, every day.

History is what we do in our lives. We create it as we go along.

What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbour, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I change the world today?

Intentions cannot be exchanged for results." - Royal Assassin

Preaching is, after all, an audacious and dangerous act.

Not all preaching can be a healing balm. If we are true to the gospel, some of it will disturb, disorient, and even distress listeners.

Make you mess your message.

Isn't this the purpose of education, to learn the nature of your own gifts and how to use them for good in the world?

restoring a habitat, no matter how well intentioned, produces casualties. We set ourselves up as arbiters of what is good when often our standards of goodness are drive by narrow interests, by what we want.

The student told me that, when she came to the United States, the greatest culture shock she experienced was not language or food or technology, but waste.

The most highly regarded models predict that the climate of New England will become hostile to sugar maples within fifty years.

Everybody lives downstream.

Selecting a grey background may be the best option as it has little impact on how you perceive the image.

Demand, belittle, insult, accuse, sulk, punish with the meanest words. It was just a matter of degrees; abuse is abuse.

You never really know how much one small single act can change things.

intentions don't matter in parenting. Kids don't understand what you mean. They understand what you do.

The two-by-four by the door sometimes ya need it to get their attention - Grannie Gin