Impact Quotes

1462 Impact quotes by 1136 unique authors

We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact.… — Margaret Atwood
The impact had cut your upper lip in two, he had said, clean down the middle. Clean down the middle. Like a harelip. — Khaled Hosseini
To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. We must search… — Alvin Toffler
I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held… — Unknown Author
It was something... the way a person's life picked up speed, the way a life was like a bullet aimed at one final target, impossible… — Joe Hill
Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can… — Julia Cameron
UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that empower… — Muhammad Yunus
In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others. — Jim Stovall
They say asteroids hit the moon pretty often, which is how the moon gets its crater, but this one is going to be the biggest… — Susan Beth Pfeffer
But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rubber band further away until finally, one day, it snaps… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
...five minutes from now, when everything else had dropped away and I realized the full impact of what I’d done, I’d feel my heart breaking. — Becca Fitzpatrick
It was a source of both terror and comfort to me then that I often seemed invisible — incompletely and minimally existent, in fact. It… — Marilynne Robinson
If we were left to ourselves with the task of taking the gospel to the world, we would immediately begin planning innovative strategies and plotting… — David Platt
But between the images, we are privy to the real-life action being played out on the set. Peeta's attempt to continue speaking. The camera knocked… — Suzanne Collins
Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said,… — Brennan Manning
Frankie appreciated both the accolades and the rejections equally, because both meant she'd had an impact. She wasn't a person who needed to be liked… — E. Lockhart
A lesser moustache, under the impact of that quick, agonised expulsion of breath, would have worked loose at the roots. — P.G. Wodehouse
Shinji slowly fell forward onto his face. Debris bounced up on impact. It took less than thirty seconds for the rest of his body to… — Koushun Takami
So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to… — Denzel Washington
Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user. — Dan Brown
The impact of an attacking tiger can be compared to that of a piano falling on you from a second story window. But unlike the… — John Vaillant
Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to… — Jon Ronson
I think those who have impact and influence over us are often unaware. — Nora Roberts
He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her,” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t have… — Claire LaZebnik
You refused to fall in love with anyone else, Dmitri.” A whisper with the impact of a gun-shot. “So I had to come back for… — Nalini Singh

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