Quotes About Impact

Live or die, but don't poison everything.

Mark Twain once put it, "The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." Power

The significant changes in history have been made by revolutions.

Not only does a single- or even a dual-issue organization condemn you to a small organization, it is axiomatic that a single-issue organization won't last. An organization needs action as an individual needs oxygen. With only one or two issues there will certainly be a lapse of action, and then comes death. Multiple issues mean constant action and life. An

It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event you are not even a failure. You're just not there.

He who has given satisfaction to the best of his time has lived for ages.

The martyrs who sing the new ode of Moses sing a song not of their own liberation from Egypt or their own salvation but of the impact of their witness on the world around them. Their witness led a mass of people to praise the God on the throne and his Lamb. John's ode is like Moses's ode, but it's also altogether new at the same time.

The gospel is capable and designed to strike home in every culture, in every age, and in every language.

You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

Stupidity is like nuclear power, it can be used for good or evil. But you still don't want to get any on you.

Technology will definitely solve all our problems, but in the process it will create brand new ones. But that's O.K. because the most you can expect from life is to get to solve better and better problems.

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple effect with no logical end.

As network administrator I can take down the network with one keystroke. It's just like being a doctor but without getting gooky stuff on my paws.

Anyone can criticize or accept praise, but initiating a positive exchange is a hallmark of a difference maker.

What good is something that scales well if it sucks? Why is size the ultimate goal or even a goal at all?

a small idea, applied consistently, can have disproportionately large effects.

As superficial as public speaking can seem, history bears out that people with clear ideas and strong points are the ones we remember.

the saving question was always, "How will this impact the user experience?

Asking the user experience question is the ultimate way to prioritize engineering work, as it shifts the perspective back to where it belongs: the impact that decisions will have on customers, not engineers. Both matter, but the customer matters more.

I will never stop learning. I won't just work on things that are assigned to me. I know there's no such thing as a status quo. I will build our business sustainably through passionate and loyal customers. I will never pass up an opportunity to help out a colleague, and I'll remember the days before I knew everything. I am more motivated by impact than money, and I know that Open Source is one of the most powerful ideas of our generation.

You see a similar downward spiral at schools that try to measure teacher performance. They create new student tests for evaluating teachers that reduce time teachers have to teach real lessons, which lowers their scores, which, sad surprise, leads to more testing.

Technology does have an impact on behavior, but culture comes first.

forcing function is anything that — when put in place — naturally forces a change in perspective, attitude, or behavior. So, schedules are important forcing functions for projects.