Quotes About Influence

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

You should never be defined by what you do, by the things you have; you've got to define yourself by who you are and who you impact and how you impact people. And that's the thing I try to get across to my players.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.

Especially the young kids who don't have any guidance, just stuck on trying to be a tough guy or trying to be a gangster - there are different ways out there to better yourself. You just need the right guy out there to push you.

Confidence is everything, and the way you carry yourself, your posture, eye contact, all of that is such a big role in impressions, regardless of your size.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

I still do believe in carrying yourself a certain way, and I do my best to be somewhat of a role model. I'm not a perfect person. I'm a human being. I'm not the Lord, but I do accept that responsibility, and that's why I do try to carry myself with confidence, with poise, with grace, and with class.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.

I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.

We want our legacy to stand upon the youth. We want to give knowledge to the younger generation and be a part of changing the game.

The future of the world belongs to the youth of the world, and it is from the youth and not from the old that the fire of life will warm and enlighten the world. It is your privilege to breathe the breath of life into the dry bones of many around you.

If I were to be Miss Universe, I will use my voice to influence the youth and I would raise awareness to certain causes like HIV awareness that is timely and relevant to my country which is the Philippines.

I'd advise the youth to not get influenced or forced by their elders. They should have own political views and choices and the courage to pick the right leader.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Because of social media today, the youth have more power in their hands than they've ever had.

Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.

As responsible artists, it's our duty to let the youth know the importance of devotional music.

Hordes of young girls never copied my hairdos or the way I talk or the way I dress. I have, therefore, never had to go through the stress of perpetuating an image that's often the equivalent of one particular song that forever freezes a precise moment of one's youth.

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.