Quotes about Impact

Nothing is more fulfilling than seeing ordinary people turned into extraordinary followers of God, imbued with his Spirit and enabled by his power to make incredible differences in the lives of others.

Christianity has been a boon to mankind . . . (and) has had a beneficent effect upon the human race. . . . Most people today who live in an ostensibly Christian environment with Christian ethics do not realize how much we owe Jesus of Nazareth. . . . What goodness and mercy there is in this world has come in large measure from him. D. James Kennedy, Christian

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I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.

For the Congregation this new movement involves the danger of learning to think that the Services are done for them; and that their bodily presence is all they need contribute. And, for Clergy and Congregation alike, it involves the danger of regarding these elaborate Services as ends in themselves, and of forgetting that they are simply means, and the very hollowest of mockeries, unless they bear fruit in our lives.

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today. —MARGARET MEAD

The saber we've been entrusted to bear is not lifted with our hands; it is raised by our words.

You were not created to be subservient; you are a joint heir. Women are God-answers. The addition of women's voices increases the educational opportunity for all children, stimulates the economy, and apparently decreases the risk of terrorism

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

Our society and especially those who suffer injustice need to feel the impact of our commitment to justice and our advocacy for the vulnerable.

Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself but the kingdom.

Some say society must change in order to change people. No, people must be changed in order to change society.