Quotes About Influence

There wasn't much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.

The thought of being active in my kid's lives motivates me.

I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

It's motivating to think that you, as one person, can make a world of difference in someone else's life.

I can't be everywhere, but I'm always in one of my kitchens, and hopefully I'm motivating and inspiring.

My dad was always a motivation, even when he wasn't there.

I have a lot of younger fans, obviously the choices I make often influence them. But having said that, it's kind of the best motivation in the world to stay positive and make good choices.

Ladies are honest. They're my motivation. They know what's funny, and the dudes just follow.

In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.

To understand the motivations behind Chinese government policy decisions, look no further than their impact on State-Owned Enterprises.

I love Twitter in particular because it allows me to grow and see how people feel about the decisions I make. My followers, they're always pretty honest with me. I love the honesty I get. I also find motivation in it.

I truly believe motivation is internal, but there are so many things that happen externally, and it's hard to not pick that up as motivation.

You can rule by fear but it's not a great motivation for people.

I'm a Christian and my motivation for joining activism is that I think we should be salt and light.

My dad's always going to be my motivation.

I'm just trying to use my happiness and motivation to rub off on other people around me.

When you look at what a coach does, it is leadership, it is communication, it is teaching, it is motivation. It really comes down to those four things.

The Duke family, those are my brothers, and it's something I'll always take with me. Coach K, he gives me a lot of motivational things and checks in on me and my family. He knows where my heart is.

I always feel like you can tell when somebody's motivator is love or power. You can tell almost instantly by how they do what they do.

Biggest motivator, I would probably say my mom, how she takes care of seven kids by herself and how she raised us. She always an inspiration to us.

No one does anything from a single motive.

I think everything is a motive for money. Every thought, every belief, everything we're taught in school.

We have nothing less to do than to get inside of whole peoples and change their motives and dispositions.

I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.