Quotes About Influence

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

The cane leaves a mark on your flesh for a few hours, a day or two. The good answers to the questions leave a mark on your brain for many years, sometimes even for life," my father said.

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

How many people this very day, how many influential people in high government positions in the USA, Britain and other countries still hold to: Genesis 12:3: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: andin theeshall all families of the earth be blessed.

Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them.

place is not just where one happens to find oneself. Place is imbued with history, humanity, and power—the complex relationships and interactions that make us who we are.

If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.

This good companionship began to root out the habits which bad companionship had formed, and to bring my thoughts back to the desire of eternal things.

For all of its glamour and frivolity, fashion happens to be a relevant and powerful force in our lives. At every level of society, people care greatly about the way they look, which affects both their self-esteem and the way other people interact with them.

He who controls the present, controls the pen that records the past and thus is the owner of the brush that paints the future.

We all marry our unfinished business. We all marry our mothers and fathers. And in our closest relationships, we become our mothers and fathers.

Developing formal tools capable of integrating this missing cipher—absential influence—into the fabric of the natural sciences is an enterprise that should be at the center of scientific and philosophical debate.

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body; use yours to lift someone up today.

If', it's a little word, but casts an awfully big shadow.

Somehow, I feel almost blinded myself. And I am forever left to wonder Whether telling you how truly special You were Might have made a difference.

Let right be your light May you always burn bright Glowing the path for others.

Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.

Being an author is having angels whisper in your ear — and devils, too.

The mind can cook up very subtle syndromes to throw at our bodies.