impactful individuals Quotes

Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Men make history, not the other way around.

In my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.

Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.

Powerful people come from all walks of life and leave their mark upon the world in a variety of ways. But one thing is common to them all. They move through the world with pure vitality. It is as though all their switches have been turned on.

Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.

Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.

Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.

It's not the 'nice' guy who brings about real social change. 'Nice' guys look nice because they're conforming. It's the 'bad' guys, who only look nice a hundred years later, that are the real Dynamic force in social evolution.

In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.

Carlyle uttered a pregnant truth when he said that the history of any country is in the biographies of the men who made it.

HELPED are those whose every act is a prayer for peace; on them depends the future of the world.

I love histories. I love learning. I love books that talk about people who made a real impact on history, because it always has to do with who they were at that time and what their personalities were like and what their strengths and weaknesses were.

Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. And I had noticed him, as he had me. God help us.

The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.

It's not necessarily a large number of people that affect the culture. You don't count the number of influential voices, you weigh them. A hundred people can affect the culture.

The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.

You never forget people who make you laugh.

I was always dreaming about very powerful people. Dictators and things like that. I was always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years. Even like Jesus, being remembered for thousands of years.