Top 200 Impact Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The price of greatness is responsibility.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Quality Quotes, Greatness Quotes

2. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Life Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

3. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes

4. “If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. ”

— Marcus Garvey

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Empowering Quotes

5. “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

6. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Positive Quotes, Persistence Quotes

7. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Life Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes

8. “When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

9. “Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Motivational Monday Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

10. “That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Failure Quotes

11. “The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.”

— William James

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Change Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Psychology Quotes

12. “How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes

13. “You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

14. “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

— Audrey Hepburn

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Humanism Quotes

15. “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

16. “It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

17. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

— Desmond Tutu

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Challenges Quotes

18. “It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

19. “Happiness is such an incredible advantage in our life. When the human brain is positive, our intelligence rises, we stop diverting resources to think about anxiety.”

— Shawn Achor

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Psychology Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

20. “Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Also featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Environment Quotes, Earth Day Quotes

21. “Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.”

— Jane Goodall

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes, Environment Quotes, Volunteer Quotes

22. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Make A Difference Quotes, Hard Hitting Quotes, Engagement Quotes

23. “Innovation is the only way to win.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Strategy Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes

24. “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”

— Ronald Reagan

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Important Quotes

25. “Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

26. “Self-discipline is the No. 1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class and the poor.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Quotes About Money

27. “You may delay, but time will not.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

28. “If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

29. “Leadership is an action, not a position”

— Donald McGannon

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Quality Quotes, Wednesday Inspirational Quotes

30. “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”

— Stephen King

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes

31. “The best marketing strategy ever: CARE.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Care Quotes, Caring Quotes

32. “Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Goal Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life

33. “The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Quotes About Books And Reading, Education Quotes

34. “It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

35. “Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Character Quotes

36. “The world is not changed by people who sort of care.”

— Sally Hogshead

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Action Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

37. “If your sole focus is money, you may create a successful startup. But if it’s impact, you can probably create history.”

— Sharad Vivek Sagar

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Changing the World Quotes

38. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

— André Gide

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Graduation Quotes

39. “We’re running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Environment Quotes

40. “It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

— Scott Belsky

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Work Quotes

41. “Legacy is greater than currency.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Legacy Quotes, Short Deep Quotes

42. “To any entrepreneur: if you want to do it, do it now. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it.”

— Catherine Cook

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Ambition Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

43. “Get maximum effect from minimum effort.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Effort Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

44. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Action Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

45. “Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

46. “If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Famous Quotes, Growth Quotes

47. “The rising tide lifts all the boats.”

— John F. Kennedy

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

48. “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Quotes, Meaning Quotes

49. “It's not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching - it is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Quotes About Books And Reading, Positive Motivational Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

50. “You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes