The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents. That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.

— Sylvia Earle

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.

— Adam Grant

The first thing is to hang on to everybody who is talented, who is entrepreneurial, who wants to make an impact and a change and start attracting ones.

— Dan Gilbert

The growing professional disciplines of medical ethics and bioethics have had a profound impact on researchers, bedside doctors, associations of physicians, and government.

— Sherwin B. Nuland

The impact of giving someone a connected smartphone is no different from giving them a real computer. I look at how my kids learn and how different it is from how I learned because the impact of these things is just so huge. Sometimes I think we don't fully internalize what it is to get the power of knowledge in everyone's hand.

— Sundar Pichai

The most important impact on society and the world is the cell phone. Cell phones have actually been one of the primary drivers in productivity improvements.

— Fabrice Grinda

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

— Tony Robbins

The people who have impacted the world didn't live long. Martin Luther King. John F. Kennedy. These people who impact the world were not old people, but they lived so effectively that we cannot erase them from history.

— Myles Munroe

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed.

— Kofi Annan

There are so many local nonprofits making a positive impact every day, and yet, oftentimes we don't hear enough about them or their needs.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell