Quotes About Influence

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing till I was seven.

I think actions speak louder than words is one thing I think I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.

My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.

Everyone thinks their mom is a superhero, and l feel like I want to be just like my mom. A superhero. She's a very strong lady.

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.

I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world.

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.

My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this day about those things.

Everything I am is because of my mom.

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

A fashion icon to me is somebody who has, the first person who struck you and introduced you to the world of fashion, and that person is my mom.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

Other kids would take their parents to the toy store and I'd take my mom to the record store.

My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.

I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect.

Nowadays they say you need a special chip to put in the TV so kids can't watch this and that. In my day, we didn't need a chip. My mom was the chip. End of story.

Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.

Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in... But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.

I am so proud and grateful to be my mom's daughter.

I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'

My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.