Jim Thome Quotes

You reach a certain point in your life where they things you do and say do make a difference.

What you do does matter. And people do remember it and feel it.

I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?

The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's not going to be, 'It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,' but really and truly what you're going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

We're only on the earth for a short period of time. Movies aren't enough. I want to take my success and parlay it into something bigger and better.

I've always wanted to make an impact.

It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone.

I want to carry on in my dad's footsteps and make sure his message lives on forever. I feel like that's why I've been put on this planet - to get my message across.

I don't want people to remember me going through the motions.

It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy people, that it will make a difference because it seemed like such a lot of people so, yes I would have to say that it has done.

My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

For me, being memorable is more important than winning.

My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

I want to leave my own legacy, make my own trail.

When I leave this world, I don't want to leave just having a well-known name but having made a difference.

I'd really like to make my mark in India.

The impact we have on people's lives, to me, is more important than any title anyone can carry.

It's about leaving a legacy. People will always remember what you did. That's why I run the way I run.

We must leave our mark on life while we have it in our power.

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

I think - you know, I'm a guy that - I don't live on the earth just to walk it. I live on here to make a difference.

If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.