Quotes About Influence

There is no greater power on this earth than story. The Diviners by Libba Bray page 407 paragraph 4 sentence 1

I change the world and the world changes me

I can sometimes influence a person inside a dream, Henry added. For instance, if someone were having a nightmare, I might say, 'Why don't you dream about clowns instead?' Clowns are your cure for a nightmare? Evie said from the couch, where she lay half-sprawled again, legs crossed, one leg kicking out and back. Never, ever say that to me inside one of my dreams, Henry. Promise me, She shivered. Clowns.

I have brain damage, remember? I'm not responsible for my actions--or for the actions of my hand, which acted of its own volition and without my knowledge.' Cam to Bailey

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The way we speak and the words we use have great power to discourage or to inspire.

The strongest catalysts are specific actions.

Emperors came and went while bureaucracy continued, as rampant as mould.

When they speak, everything else stops. Nobody dares interrupt. Everyone sits looking rapt, hanging on these words of wisdom even while they are wondering what the flowing tirade really means. Clearly it is their own inadequacy if they are not transported into astounding inspiration by the demagogue's words of wisdom, so many words, so long in the delivery.… No one can leave.

I laughed. 'Claudius Laeta means, Faustus, the Emperor's choice should be steered by his freedmen. Government by secretariat. Democracy through bureaucracy.

Latin, the language of politicians, provides a fine medium for lies, malpractice, obfuscation and straight bamboozling. It's perfect for buffoons, inadequates and crooks.

Only the rich can stand for office.

It is no less astonishing how many subjects—historical, philological, biological, sociological, economic—people regard as politics

What a useless life I had led. Often enough in hours of normal health I had debated the value of writing books. What did one accomplish by writing, what influence did one exert, what improvements did one effect?

God would never have granted women a voice if he intended for them to remain silent. God knew that Adam, and our world, would need the voice and influence of women.

God would have never granted women a voice if he intended for them to remain silent. God knew that Adam, and our world, would need the voice and influence of women.

You might be a hero. I say might because the choice is ultimately yours

Our environment either inspires who we want to become or challenges us on what we must avoid.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

The saber we've been entrusted to bear is not lifted with our hands; it is raised by our words.

You were not created to be subservient; you are a joint heir. Women are God-answers. The addition of women's voices increases the educational opportunity for all children, stimulates the economy, and apparently decreases the risk of terrorism

The past has a will of its own. It wants to be heard.

Whomever speaks first gives up some power.

A child's bonds with his or her mother are extremely powerful, so any negativity in the mother is being communicated to the child.