Quotes About Influence

If ever you wanted a 12-cylinder, 6-litre entire combustible world consumer, that man is Churchill.

A tudi ko bi ne hotel, bi imela vsaj sina, ki bi ga vzgojila, kakor bi želela. Upornika bi vzgojila...

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

The way to have power is to take it.

Words are what drives the world. Don't ever forget that, boy. People want words, and the less they understand them, the more effective they are.

Así, la condición económica y social influye sobre la vocación al matrimonio [...]

Books are embalmed minds. They make the great of other days our present teachers.

Political aspirants make too much of the people before election, and, if successful, too much of themselves after it. They use the people when they want to rise, as we treat a spirited horse when we want to mount him;--for a time we pat the animal upon the neck, and speak him softly; but once in the saddle, then come the whip and spur.

He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.

Habits influence the character pretty much as undercurrents influence a vessel, and whether they speed us on the way of our wishes, or retard our progress, their influence is not the less important because imperceptible.

There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them.

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having.

The study of doctrine and the teaching of doctrine will change behavior more than the study of behavior will change behavior.

Don't live so that your children go unled because of habits that leave you uninspired.

Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does.

All are born with the Light of Christ, a guiding influence which permits each person to recognize right from wrong. What we do with that light and how we respond to those promptings to live righteously is part of the test of mortality.

The most wonderful thing about this whole process is that people's contributions to the lives of others become the primary means of getting the results they want in their own lives.

If the pastor and elders are people of prayer, their example and exhortation will encourage others to pray. If they are not, the whole congregation will be infected with an atmosphere of prayerlessness, and people's prayers will remain mostly personal and individual. I

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

All writers steal from their own lives.

Andy Grove, the longtime CEO of Intel, was known to be so harsh and intimidating that a subordinate once fainted during a performance review.

Jobs's personal interests guided Apple's strategy. Bezos's particular passions would have the same defining impact at Amazon. Bezos didn't just love books—he fully imbibed them, methodically processing each detail.