Quotes About Impact

I'm convinced in 100 years Obama will have an important place in the civic pantheon of American life.

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.

The Hulk, that was the experience of my life, so far.

Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.

My teachings are my life.

Parents don't realize that when they teach you about the Holocaust too early, it ruins you for life.

Sometimes you meet someone and you know that your life will be different from then on.

My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment; they come into your life at just the right time.

Was it really so far-fetched to think that words had a way of shaping a person's whole life?

To let blessed babies go dangling and dawdling without names, for months and months, was enough to ruin them for life.

I was always listening to my father more than anyone. I was always afraid of my father more than anyone. But there's a moment in time where other men in your life can have a huge impact.

The simple act of helping someone—with no desire (or possibility) of repayment is good for us and our self-image, and it may positively change the life or outlook of the receiver for the day!

The artist injects the spirit of life into a culture.

The worst moment of one's life could be seared into the memory, brighter than any joy.

I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.

I've always been someone in [childhood] period of my life sort of the pains and anxieties of being young are the things that have really stuck with me.

That's a big gift when people say to you that a song helped them or brought them to some place in their life where they needed to be.

As soon as man applies his intelligence to any object at all, he unfailingly destroys the object.

Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.

To be able to have an effect on someone's life is extraordinary .

I try to make choices for my own life. And I try to make those choices count.

I believe that sometimes people come into your life at exactly the right moment to give you exactly what you need at that moment.

When someone tells me what he or she was doing the first time they heard a song of mine, then I've done a good job. If my song becomes about your life, then I'm successful.