Quotes About Influence

In the human heart there is a built-in obsolescence factor. It does not matter how powerful and influential you are, how much education you have, how selfcontrolled or holy you consider yourself—your heart, if you do not guard it, will break down.

We must live according to what we know from Scripture, committed to a heavenly kingdom, so that our lives affect not only our home and community, and perhaps our state and country—but also the entire earth.

Our first murshid (spiritual guide), Suleyman Dede, never claimed to do anything himself. When Suleyman Dede visited the United States, he said, "God brought me to this country, and He has taken me to all these different places, and He has arranged for these meetings to occur, for people to come, and He has made me say certain things. It is really amazing because I am not doing anything." (p. 10)

The light of the stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So is it with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personality.

The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

He worked for Rockefeller?" Oppenheimer said, puffing on his pipe. And then lowering his voice, he quipped, "I, too, have taken money for doing harm.

Though "present at the creation" of this militarization of science, Oppenheimer had walked away from Los Alamos, and Einstein respected him for attempting to use his influence to put the brakes on the arms race.

but his main influence came from his continuous and intense presence, which produced a sense of direct participation in all of us.

Weinberg happily realized that at Berkeley, "Bohr was God and Oppie was his prophet.

Once again, Bohr was God and Oppie was his prophet.

My true passion has always been to use my status as an author to make a positive impact.

Never underestimate a person who is kind and sweet. They may have friends in high places or some other superpower. I have written a large company about some improvements and glitches they have which affected my and other authors'/partners' sales. They did very little. Now they are being looked at by people in high places. - Strong by Kailin Gow about the Strength of Being an Influencer

Mothers are so important. I came across a cable network exec who once told me they don't matter. Well, I disagree. Mothers matter a lot. Without mothers, there wouldn't be people. And mothers watch a lot of the programs on that cable network. No wonder why that network is barely surviving. - Strong by Kailin Gow on Mothers, Knowing Your Viewers, and Strong Leadership

Power is the ability to make things happen. Talk is good, but action is better. Action makes things happen. - Strong by Kailin Gow

When it comes to raising daughters, especially strong daughters, who will grow up to be strong women; fathers can and do play a very important role in their development and growth. - Raising A Strong Daughter: What Fathers Should Know by Finlay Gow JD and Kailin Gow MA

I'm the most powerful person on the planet.", FADE by Kailin Gow

Everyone cares what people think, Summer. As for why I'm different here… maybe you just bring out a different side of me.", Loving Summer by Kailin Gow

You have a certain amount of power. The way you choose to use it is entirely up to you.", Jack Simple to Celestra Caine in FADE by Kailin Gow

A true leader is someone who is followed not because she paid them to or because she forced them to, but because she leads from conviction and faith. - Strong by Kailin Gow

If you can direct the power you call up, it can do a lot.", FADE by Kailin Gow

If you write books, you become a person of authority. Live it nobly. With authority comes the responsibility of leading. Lead wisely. - Strong by Kailin Gow on Authors Must Be Good Role Models

A leader who thinks so little of people should not lead people. It's as simple as that. - Strong by Kailin Gow

Look, it may seem like they're all the friends you have, but if you get pressured into doing something you don't want, you will only end up hating what you've done and feeling bad about yourself. That's worse than having so-called friends who don't want you as a friend just because you didn't do what they wanted you to." - Saving You Saving Me by Kailin Gow