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Quotes About Effecting

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
~ Richard Whately
Politics are not an instrument for effecting social change; they are the art of making the inevitable appear to be a matter of wise human choice.
~ Quentin Crisp
The gospel preached is the instrument which God useth for the effecting of it. 'I am not ashamed,' saith the apostle, 'of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation,' Rom. 1:16. It is the chariot wherein the Spirit rides victoriously when he makes his entrance into the hearts of man—called therefore 'the ministration of the Spirit,' II Cor. 3:8.
~ William Gurnall
Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.
~ Albert Bandura
He goes on to say that if we don't have the gift for effecting change, we have "the solace of criticism.
~ Saul Bellow
As we mentioned in the preamble, banks' role in effecting maturity transformation—transforming short-term deposit funding into long-term loans—makes them uniquely vulnerable to bank runs
~ Carmen M. Reinhart
If I choose to keep my opinions and my activism to myself, then I'm not effecting any change in my time here on Earth.
~ Logan Browning
We promote the cure, thus effecting the slow eradication of our own market
~ Jasper Fforde
Animal language is a contagious expression of mood effecting communication between social partners.
~ Robert Ardrey