Quotes About Influence

I am the owner of the sphere,Of the seven stars and the solar year,Of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain,Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Fame is proof that the people are gullible.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Nor knowest thou what argumentThy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent.All are needed by each one;Nothing is fair or good alone.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. We quote not only books and proverbs, but arts, sciences, religion, customs, and laws; nay, we quote temples and houses, tables and chairs, by imitation.

If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.

The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.

The next thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one.

There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many.

There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into a power.

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.

To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

What you are shouts so loud in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

THE SILENT, SUBTLE BUILDING FORCES OF MIND AND SPIRIT

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.

A única pessoa que muda de verdade a face do planeta é aquele que lavra modestamente o seu terreno.