Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head. — Serj Tankian
We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives. — Anita Borg
We're involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now. — Jerry Garcia
Society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy. — John C. Sawhill
Capitalism has the power to shape society and act as a powerful catalyst for change. — Larry Fink
What's done to children, they will do to society. — Karl A. Menninger
What is done to children, they will do to society. — Karl Menninger
We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. — Margaret Mead
Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it. — Simone de Beauvoir
If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority. — Barbara Jordan
Wealth can be used to make a huge difference in the world; social media can be used to have a positive impact on people, or it can be used for exactly the opposite. — Jay Shetty
Small groups of people can have a really huge impact. — Larry Page
No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings. — Urie Bronfenbrenner
Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. — Mary Wollstonecraft
The power of social media is it forces necessary change. — Erik Qualman
Short Impact On Society Quotes
When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates. — Billy Graham
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. — B. F. Skinner
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. — Cesar Chavez
Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral. — John Hurt
A society has to make a choice: tolerate alternative lifestyles or build more prisons. — Rick Steves
The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.
Contribution To Society Quotes
Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do — Elvis Presley
The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society. — Kano Jigoro
You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits. — David Ricardo
When you feel you’re committed to something outside of yourself - some process ideally that contributes in a greater way to society - that seems to be one of the best predictors of long-term health and healthy aging. — Tommy Wood
Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return? — Adam Grant
Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world. — Larry H. Miller
Money is no good unless it contributes something to the community, unless it builds a bridge to a better life. Any man can make money, but it takes a special kind of man to use it responsibly. — A. G. Gaston
Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism. — Thomas Sowell
The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored. — Ina May Gaskin
Contribute To Society Quotes
America should be a haven of freedom and prosperity, open to law-abiding migrants who will contribute to our society. However, immigration must proceed in an orderly, lawful manner. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence. — Thomas Sowell
To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society. — Charles Koch
Dont look for society to give you permission to be yourself.
Teaching has always been a very important part of my life. It is one of the ways I contribute to society. It is also a source of energy and insight. — Martha C. Nussbaum
The feminism radical agenda has led to greater state intervention, hindering the economic process, giving a job to bearcats who have not contributed anything to society, examples are international organizations committed to pushing this agenda. — Javier Milei
Artists are a very important part of our society because they make a great contribution to our values. The artist creates a value system that we all grow up on, whether we know it or not. — Roy DeCarava
Society is not only defined by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy.
The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune
The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?" — Marianne Williamson
I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service, both at home and abroad. — Kenny Marchant
In my view the successful companies of the future will be those that integrate business and employees' personal values. The best people want to do work that contributes to society with a company whose values they share, where their actions count and their views matter. — Jeroen van der Veer
Impact On The World Quotes
If you want to change the world, start with yourself. — Mahatma Gandhi
Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you. — Jane Goodall
Focus on your dream and never quit. It is always too soon to quit. If you quit, you can't succeed. By achieving your dream you will be an inspiration to others. You will set the example and make an enormous impact on the world. — Rudy Ruettiger
The most violent element in society is ignorance.
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write. — Martin Luther
The best thing about making money is that it ends up freeing you up to make your real impact on the world. — Alex Hormozi
Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live. — Sandra Day O'Connor
Money can't buy manners.
Chernobyl is a unique place on the planet, where nature revives after a world-wide man-made disaster, where there is a real 'ghost town.' — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Giving back and making a positive impact on the world is a responsibility we all have. — Jim Simons
I pour my everything into every day because I want to make a positive impact on billions of lives, and because I want to change the world for the better. — Chatri Sityodtong
Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time. — Meryl Streep
Development Of Society Quotes
A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable — Thabo Mbeki
If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled. — Elizabeth Blackwell
Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand white men, white women, and black men. And they have had to understand themselves. When black women win victories, it is a boost for virtually every segment of society. — Angela Davis
We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest — Thabo Mbeki
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future. — Confucius
Approaches to death and dying reveal much of the attitude of society as a whole to the individuals who compose it. The development of ideas of what constitutes a good death can even be traced to prehistory. — Cicely Saunders
Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. — Morihei Ueshiba
I started getting more and more active around immigration reform because this was such a waste of lives, such a waste of potential, such a waste for our country not to have the human capital that we developed - geared toward improving our entire society. — Laurene Powell Jobs
The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested in self-realization then you cannot make a good painting. To do this you have to have thought about forming, and about how ideas of forming stem from history. — Joseph Beuys
Class war is not the cause of social progress; it is a disease developed in the course of social progress. The cause of the disease is the inability to subsist, and the result of the disease is war. — Sun Yat-sen
Society And Culture Quotes
Many psychiatrists and psychologists refuse to entertain the idea that society as a whole may be lacking in sanity. They hold that the problem of mental health in a society is only that of the number of 'unadjusted' individuals, and not of a possible unadjustment of the culture itself. — Erich Fromm
Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity. … In the new order, Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches and the media by transforming the consciousness of society. — Antonio Gramsci
All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions-and society-so that the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our passion for justice, and our love of freedom. — Bell Hooks
I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first...If you had a man and a woman trying to go through some dangerous woods, the man's instinct would be to protect the woman. Therefore you weaken the man. — Grace Hopper
In all sectors of society there should be roughly equal prospects of culture and achievement for everyone similarly motivated and endowed. The expectations of those with the same abilities and aspirations should not be affected by their social class. — John Rawls
It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. — James David Vance
Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing. — Johan Huizinga
How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community. — Barbara Jordan
I just want to say that the multiculturalism - and especially the cultural relativism which is even worse than multiculturalism, the concept that all cultures are equal - is the worst recipe for any society. — Geert Wilders
A small grove massacred to the last ash,
An oak with heart-rot, give away the show:
This great society is going to smash;
They cannot fool us with how fast they go,
How much they cost each other and the gods.
A culture is no better than its woods. — W. H. Auden
As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility. — Nelson Mandela
It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs. — Blaise Pascal
I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and our practices. — Samuel Wilson
For me, football is more than a sport, just look at the impact it has on society. — Kylian Mbappe
As a vegan body-builder I want to show others that it is possible to gain significant muscle and strength on a vegan diet and I want to inspire others to follow this lifestyle. I love being vegan and knowing that I am having a positive impact on our society. — Robert Cheeke
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. — Tony Evans
Novel technologies and ideas that impinge on human biology and their perceived impact on human values have renewed strains in the relationship between science and society. — Paul Berg
TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation. — Ann Landers
Surveying the available alternative energy sources for criteria such as energy density, environmental impacts, reliance on depleting raw materials, intermittency versus constancy of supply, and the percentage of energy returned on the energy invested in energy production, none currently appears capable of perpetuating this kind of society. — Richard Heinberg
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself. — Nelson Mandela
John Wesley taught that the gospel of Christ involved more than saving souls. It should have an impact on all of society, and his followers worked to accomplish just that. They were dispensing grace to the broader world, and in the process their spirit helped change a nation, saving it from the revolutionary chaos that had spread across Europe. — Philip Yancey
I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society. — Anthony S. Fauci
By simply capitalizing on core strengths and knowledge, companies and entrepreneurs can engage in an emerging business model that will enable them to create - and demonstrate - real, sustainable social impact in society. — Muhammad Yunus
Creating festivals made a major impact on society in general because you couldn't draw large crowds indoors. At Newport we were soon drawing crowds of 10,000 and there weren't halls that could hold that many people. — George Wein
If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit. — Samuel J. Palmisano
I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. — Al Seckel
A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that's the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing - that's the reason something like that often has more impact on society. — Jeffrey Lewis
To believe in a child is to believe in the future. Through their aspirations they will save the world. With their combined knowledge the turbulent seas of hate and injustice will be calmed. They will champion the causes of life's underdogs, forging a society without class discrimination. They will supply humanity with music and beauty as it has never known. They will endure. Towards these ends I pledge my life's work. I will supply the children with tools and knowledge to overcome the obstacles. I will pass on the wisdom of my years and temper it with patience. I shall impact in each child the desire to fulfill his or her dream. I shall teach. — Henry James
When we measure corporate performances, we don't include our impacts on nature and what our business costs society. That has to stop. — Pavan Sukhdev
Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with change. — Charles Moore
A sour corporate culture can actually make an entire society unhappy. This means that a strong corporate culture can have a positive impact on a society. — Simon Sinek
I have an opportunity to give a voice to those who have no voice. Even though film production wasn't a bucket list item for my life, what I have been passionate about is creating change and impacting society - especially bringing conversations forward on formerly taboo subjects. — Julie Smolyansky
It is on balance desirable to encourage Universal Jurisdiction, and to create pressure from below to make application of such jurisdiction as consistent as possible. I think this will act as a deterrent in some situations, although this impact will never be acknowledged by those affected as it would only embolden civil society to intensify its pressures. — Richard A. Falk
That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the consequences of the crime. Something needs to be done. Let's complete that process, interact with civil society about this, so that we will specify what is it that we do in the context of that Charter that would then make this positive impact on people who might have been affected by crime. — Thabo Mbeki
I worry that I may have overstated the impact of Civil War on the utopians. By the time the Civil War comes, most of the communities were quite separated from the wider American society. Their rhetoric is still about transforming the world, but they're not having that much traffic with their neighbors. — Christine Jennings
In our modern society the image and mythic process has been taken over by corporations that directly control advertising and, indirectly, the entertainment industry. Powerful erotic images are used for the sole purpose of selling consumer products; the side effects of this commercialization have a profound impact on the sexual imagination and identity of vast numbers of people. — Robert Lawlor
Education opens the door to everything in terms of having a career and an impact on society and not being a slave to your job, really. — Naomie Harris
Even in a largely depoliticized society such as the United States, with no political parties or opposition press beyond the narrow spectrum of the business-dominated consensus, it is possible for populate action to have a significant impact on policy, though indirectly. That was an important lesson for the Indochina Wars. — Noam Chomsky
Our society in general has is more money equals more happiness and all the research has shown that that's true up to a point, up until you can get your basic needs met, but then really there is other stuff that has a much bigger impact on your happiness besides just money. — Tony Hsieh
If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections together, entire parts of the United States could be cut off. That would have a tremendous impact on us as a society and it would have a policy backlash. — Edward Snowden
Among Hindu groups, none has made as great an impact on America as the Vedanta Society. — J. Gordon Melton
If you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society. — Peter Diamandis
What we try to do as Elders is help those who are trying to change their own societies and communities for the better. We hope that by supporting the good work that is being done, especially at the grass roots, we can help to alleviate the suffering of human beings. That is our core mission - to draw attention to the impact that conflict, injustice and poverty have on ordinary people. — Desmond Tutu
If you approach a film with the feeling that you are going to have some impact on society then you're liable to get carried away with yourself. Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, "Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie. — Clint Eastwood
Pretty soon we'll have robots in our society, you're going to have a lot of automated processes that used to be done by people - this is happening. Society and technology is changing so fast, and the impact of the change on society and technology is global, not local. — Jose Padilha
William Wilberforce...w as a great man who impacted the Western world as few others have done. Blessed with brains, charm, influence and initiative, much wealth ... he put evangelism on Britain's map as a power for social change, first by overthrowing the slave trade almost single-handed and then by generating a stream of societies for doing good and reducing evil in public life... To forget such men is foolish. — J. I. Packer
In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when you destroy that you have a dramatic impact on the quality. — Rick Santorum
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 be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity? — Jon Ronson
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