Quotes About Influence

Thousands are killed and injured every year by teenagers driving too fast or under the influence of drugs and drink . . .others are killing [themselves] with alcohol or heroin overdoses.

Christianity is not a spectator sport, it's something in which we become totally involved.

I am becoming aware of the truth that people change people as much as ideas change people.The power of personality is strong . . . often personality is greater than the idea.

We act as if it doesn't matter how we live or what we think or say. We have moved in with the world, and we have allowed the world to penetrate the way we live. So the things that we used to call sin no longer seem to be sin to us.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

As for the world system of evil, we are to be separated from it. This then is our problem: to associate with and love those who are involved in the world without being contaminated, influenced, or swayed by them. This distinction can be achieved only by a close walk with Christ, by constant prayer, and by seeking the Holy Spirit's leadership every hour of the day. We are in the world, but the world is not to be in us.

The lukewarm Christian can accomplish nothing with a whole life in which to do it. If you have lived for sin and self . . . your witness will have [a] telling effect on all who have known you.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened

The church in America has been deeply infiltrated by the "world," and in the process it is beginning to copy and resemble the world in many of its activities.

The Christian should stand out like a sparkling diamond against a rough background. He should be more wholesome than anyone else. He should be poised, cultured, courteous, gracious, but firm in the things that he does and does not do. He should laugh and be radiant, but he should refuse to allow the world to pull him down to its level.

I do not understand why reading the Bible in public should make others feel uncomfortable . . . it may be such an example that serves to remind them of the Book they have neglected.

Each of us has a tongue and a voice. These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively.

Why are our inner lives so important? One reason is because our thoughts determine our actions.

We need to know what the Bible teaches about right and wrong. Every day we are battered by messages—from the media, advertising, entertainment, celebrities, even our friends—with one underlying theme: "Live for yourself.

Every generation has found [the Bible's] message indispensable, and its influence on individuals and society over the centuries has been enormous.

Down through the centuries the church has contributed more than any other single agency in lifting social standards to new heights.

When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. Billy Graham

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.

After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world.

When our surroundings are overwhelmingly depressing, how can we be anything but depressed?