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Quotes About Influence

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
~ George Washington
Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will f--- you up, every time.
~ Chuck Palahniuk, Snuff
All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother.
~ Abraham Lincoln
A child's first teacher is its mother.
~ Peng Liyuan
I have the strength from my mother, the survivability. I have wonderful qualities from my mother - but please, Mother, forgive me - I heard judgment constantly about my father.
~ Mandy Patinkin
Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.
~ Mitch Albom, For One More Day
My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.
~ Carol Burnett
My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving.
~ Kym Whitley
My mother was so stylish, but she never pushed that on me. She always thought I looked cool.
~ Tig Notaro
I love the idea that it doesn't take one person only to achieve your potential. It takes a village, it takes a community, a street, a teacher, a mother.
~ Mira Nair
You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.
~ Ethel Waters
I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.
~ Bobby Knight
I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet.
~ I. M. Pei
My mother was a teacher.
~ Hugh Grant
Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.
~ Coretta Scott King
My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.
~ Scott Eastwood
My mother made me truly appreciate women.
~ Drake
My mother always wants me to put me on a diet.
~ Twinkle Khanna
No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.
~ Margaret Turnbull
The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.
~ Napoleon Hill
Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.
~ Jon Gordon
Once you wake up thought in a man, you can never put it to sleep again.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
~ John Stuart Mill
The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
~ Jim Henson