Quotes About Influence

True or false, what is said about people often has as much bearing on their lives and especially on their destinies as what they do.

How do we know that the creation of worlds is not determined by the fall of grains of sand?

To wipe out abuse is not enough; you have to change people's whole outlook. The mill is no longer standing, but the wind's still there, blowing away.

He had enlightened Marius by chance and without being aware of the fact, as does a candle which some one brings; he had been the candle and not the some one.

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do

True or false, that which is set of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.

Those who do deeds sovereignly great are always sure of being served by somebody in the multitude.

All the invasions of history have been determined by petticoats.

Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come.

Ce que Paris conseille, l'Europe le médite ; ce que Paris commence, l'Europe le continue.

As cidades produzem homens ferozes, porque produzem homens corruptos.

Niente è più forte di un'idea il cui tempo sia venuto.

Machiavel a fait des petits. Louis Bonaparte en est un.

The social edifice of the past rests on three columns,—the priest, the king, and the hangman.

Nesre?a je za ?oveka što ostavlja iza sebe no? kojoj je on dao oblik.

They convert a poor camel-driver into a Mahomet; a peasant girl tending her goats into a Joan of Arc. Solitude generates a certain amount of sublime exaltation.

The inordinate weight of this man was disturbing the balance of human destiny. This individual alone counted for more than the rest of the world put together. These excessive quantities of human vitality concentrated in a single person – the world going to one man's head – would be fatal to civilization if it were to continue.

Nothing else in the world…not all the armies…is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

This is how my love for her goes on: in moments remembered and moments imagined. It's how I keep her alive. Hers is the voice in my head, my conscience. I see the world, at least in part, through her eyes. Her story—which is the story of a time and land and the indomitable will of a people—is my story; two lives woven together, and like any good story, ours will begin and end and begin again. Love is what remains.

A girl was like a kite; without her mother's strong, steady hold on the string, she might just float away, be lost somewhere among the clouds.

As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is in the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is in my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is in the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.

She wanted to be with him, and though the realization frightened her, it also set her heart racing with anticipation. When she was with Nick, she was a different woman. Some of his glitter fell onto her and made her feel beautiful and sparkly and more alive.

Sometimes a mood changes on its own... Sometimes it needs a shove.

It was true that sometimes the support of only one person could make a difference.