Quotes about Impact

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

He is great who confers the most benefits.

To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

D.L. Moody heard somebody say that the world has not yet seen what God could do with one man who would be totally surrendered to Him. And D.L. Moody said, "I want to be that man.

In the past, missionaries have traveled to far countries with the message of the gospel - with great hardship and often with the loss of life. In contrast, we can reach millions instantly from the comfort of our homes by merely hitting the 'send' button on our computers, or with iPads, or phones.

Changing the world is not easy.

If you tell a story that's only allegory, then it doesn't help you at all. If it doesn't bring some emotional charge, then it's just talking about something.

I want to know that I have affected people for eternity. I believe I am. I believe once someone knows Christ as their personal savior, I've affected eternity. I matter 10 billion years from now.