Quotes About Influence

Let him take his time, with gentle management. Make him feel that he is giving it, not that it is being taken from him with violence.

When you is precious to God, you become important to Satan.

Kids don't think about their folks nearly as much as everybody imagines. Parents are just there, like background music at the mall.

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. Those who use it and those who endure it are turned to stone… a soul which has entered the province of force will not escape this except by a miracle.

My mother had brought me here when I was fifteen, on a Sunday after I'd read Look Homeward, Angel for the first time. She'd loved the novel, memorizing whole paragraphs, and, of course, naming me after the book's main character. It is a novel you have to read as a young person or you don't get it.

Modern biblical scholars tell us that about 90 percent of the New Testament of the King James Version was ultimately based on Tyndale's work.

The influence of [the Geneva Bible] on the KJV was enormous. The KJV translators employed this as much as Tyndale's (of course, much of Tyndale was incorporated into the Geneva). And although King James despised the Geneva Bible, in the original preface to the KJV the Bible is quoted several times—and every time it is the Geneva version that is quoted, not the King James! This was an implicit and perhaps unwitting admission of the Geneva Bible's superiority.

Yet just as the sailors were active on the ship (though the wind, not the sailors, ultimately controlled the ship's movement), so the human authors were active in writing as the Spirit directed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who moulds sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions.

The [ hashishiyyin ] Assassins probably knew that the intoxication is a privilege reserved for those who can afford to avoid physical responsibilities. They did not go to work under the influence of the drug for the same reasons that animals in the wild, who must fight for survival, do not overdo their ingestion of intoxicating plants.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

If you're explaining, you're losing.

How can a president not be an actor?

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

The best minds are not in government.

I was not a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

The key for any speaker is to establish his own point of view for the audience, so they can see the game through his eyes.

I think growing up in a small town is a good foundation for anyone who decides to enter politics. You get to know people as individuals, not as blocs or members of special interest groups.

Some seem to forget that I've worked with those on movies and television. I warn you. Television may be exciting, but always take what you watch or read with a grain of salt. The more extreme these people act, the more money they make. They don't care about us. You should always do your own research using verified primary sources. Editorials or articles published can be exciting, but they are seldom the truth. This country will eventually be destroyed for the sake of a paycheck.

For years, I've heard the question: "How could an actor be president?" I've sometimes wondered how you could be president and not be an actor.

Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories...