Quotes About Impact

Being shot at for years by men of a particular nationality will tend to impact negatively upon one's view of them.

He has never been shouted at so quietly.

Así eran las vidas: cuando sus caminos se cruzaban, quedaban alteradas para siempre por el encuentro, unas veces de una manera leve, casi invisible, y otras de forma tan profunda que ya nada podía ser después igual. El residuo de otras vidas nos contagia, y nosotros a nuestra vez lo transmitimos a quienes encontramos más adelante

I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.

My grandmother's is the world that dropped the bomb—itself a slick object—so elegantly smooth it managed to slip past American consciousness, past enemy lines.

Advocacy means persuading people who matter to care about your issue. It is about getting listened to, being at the table when decisions are made, being heard by people who make decisions. It is about facing and overcoming resistance. It is about speaking and writing in compelling ways that make decision makers want to adopt your ideas.

My approach is so simple every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears, or inspiration. Otherwise, why do it? It's the communication.

Ninety percent of paid work is time-wasting crap. The world gets by on the other ten.

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

As we have seen there is some kind of continuity in any case since every experience affects for better or worse the attitudes which help decide the quality of further experiences, by setting up certain preference and aversion, and making it easier or harder to act for this or that end.

If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect—its effect upon conscious experience—we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.

People are looking to have more meaning in their lives. It is a sign the technology community is coming of age.

Any man's death diminishes me, for I am involved with mankind.

1) If God moves your heart to make a difference, He will see you through even though you may not feel the most qualified, and (2) Some of your best ministry leaders may come from the fruits of your current ministry programs.

You have the absolute power to change someone's life with kindness.

In life we encounter many people who, in some way or another, try to tattoo our faces.

For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.

To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

I want to do things that will change someone's life, not something they'll forget about tomorrow.

Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life.

Influence often isn't noticed until it blossoms later in the garden of someone else's life. Our words and actions may land close to home, or they may be carried far and wide.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life

Keep saying hello to people. They will be the differentiator for you for the rest of your life.

Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been.