Quotes About Influence

when we are brave enough to be in the present, we have the power to transform the world.

If you want to destroy any nation without war, make adultery or nudity common in the young generation.

He thought film functioned the way fascism does, inserting itself into a culture so quietly that one barely has time to notice that everything has changed.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

If a man is ambitious for power, he can have no better supporters than the poor: They are not worried about their own possessions, since they have none, and whatever will put something in their pockets is right and proper in their eyes." (Jugurthine War 86.3)

T]he public interest, as is too frequently the case, was defeated by private influence.

B]oth which officers, with the title of commanders, were waiting near the city, having been prevented from entering in triumph, by the malice of a cabal, whose custom it was to ask a price for every thing, whether honorable or infamous.

A]nything might be purchased at Rome.

ubi intenderis ingenium valet; si libido possidet, ea dominatur, animus nihil valet.

Jack Kennedy brought an "intense concentration" and a "gently teasing humor" to the dinner table, along with what Katherine Graham called his habit of "vacuum cleaning your brain.

Time is not my dictator," said the Queen Mother. "I dictate to time.

Time is not my dictator," said the Queen Mother. "I dictate to time. I want to meet people.

In the absence of biblical conviction, people will go the way of culture.

Understanding that influence is best cultivated through love and friendship, I sought to deepen my sympathy for what was going on in their hearts, to understand their personalities, to affirm their intrinsic worth to me and to God and to others, and to encourage them on a daily basis.

Words make worlds

A child fashioned by a wonder-filled life will cultivate inner strength, a confidence in his own ability to think, evaluate, and know. But those who influence children must fight to protect time for the imagination to have space to work, to have time to engage.

Years from now, people may not remember your name, but the way you owned your life, the choices you made, the way you loved . . . your legacy . . . that is what will ripple through the generations who follow after you.

He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm. PROVERBS 13:20

You need to teach your lips how to be persuasive," I would say, "You have a profound way of thinking, but you will lose your audience if you attack them. How could you have said that with more appeal?

education is about relationship, about being worthy of the hope of our children. Taking seriously the stewardship of their trust as we guide them should be an underlying motivation of our hearts as we commit to influencing them. We are passing on a life, not just information.

work of seeking to be a mentor to your children, seeking to pass on a spiritual formation that creates a live faith, giving the training required to develop godly character, and creating a love for learning is absolutely one of the most profound works of our whole society and world.

I have learnt that there is great power in words, no matter how long or short they be.