Quotes About Impact

I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I've gone which would not have happened if I had not come. Nor am I particularly exceptional in this matter; each I,...contains a similar multitude. To understand me, you'll have to swallow a world.

It is time we recognized that belief is not a private matter; it has never been merely private. In fact, beliefs are scarcely more private than actions are, for every belief is a fount of action in potentia.

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

While missionaries do many noble things at great risk to themselves, their dogmatism still spreads ignorance and death.

Lies are the social equivalent of toxic waste: Everyone is potentially harmed by their spread.

Tres millones de almas podrán morir de hambre o ser asesinadas en el Congo sin apenas reacción por parte de nuestros medios de comunicación. Pero si una princesa muere en un accidente de coche, la cuarta parte de la población de la Tierra cae postrada de dolor. Quizá seamos incapaces de sentir lo que deberíamos sentir para cambiar nuestro mundo.

But you would not know this from reading Chomsky. For him, intentions do not seem to matter. Body count is all.

Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because they are imitating me.

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.

Sports plays an interesting role in society. The greatest sportsmen have platforms to speak out on issues and really affect how the public thinks about some very critical issues facing the world.

Sports have a way of touching people.

Karch inspired his partners, his opponents and the world of volleyball players to be better than they were, to be great... In the end, who could do more for a sport than that?

But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.

He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon.

One hit, one moan of fractured air, one solid impact and the man went down.

The reporter asked, "why did you play so hard.""Because there might have been somebody in the stands today who'd never seen my play before, and might never see me again"-Joe DiMaggio

You've got just one problem. You stand too close to the ball - after you've hit it.

What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands, and carry it with dignity and strength.

I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.

We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.

If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

I want to put strongly and completely all that is necessary, for things weakly said might as well not be said at all.

Many people despise those who spend their health, strength and money for the salvation of others, and call them mad. And yet it is they who will save many and be saved themselves.