Quotes About Influence

People aren't carved out of marble. We're all works in progress. The trick is to define ourselves, rather than let outside influences define us.

Jack is reacting rather than acting. And as long as she keeps doing that, she's not going to change fate.

I wonder if Alexander Graham Bell knew, back when he invented the telephone, how much control his device would have over the lives of so many people." Bloody Mary (2005/2006) ...if he only knew, 12 years later

I have but one career, and its name is Ike," Mrs. Eisenhower once announced.

The union with Christ which produces no effect on heart and life is a mere formal union, which is worthless before God. The faith which has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils.

Nothing perhaps affects man's character more than the company he keeps.

the parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand and pulling down with the other.

Train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would go. Remember, children are born with a decided bias towards evil; therefore, if you let them choose for themselves, they are certain to choose wrong.

when you know how a nation deals with the Bible you may generally know what a nation is.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. … You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you." – Kahlil Gibran, "On Children" from The Prophet

I would call celebrity worship a new form of religious culture, fans may not even know the fallen celebrit[ies], yet they draw quite a bit of meaning from them." - Gary Laderman, a professor of religion at Emory University

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, one sometimes forgets which.

we have allowed secular thinkers to frame the debate, and the Christian voice has been muffled at best.

As disciples of Jesus Christ, we must ask how we can become the kind of people we need to be to bring honor to Christ, to help turn the culture toward Him, and to be lights in the midst of darkness for our families, friends, churches, and communities.

Influence is one thing; determination is another.

Might — it is wrongly believed — makes right.

For some time, theological liberals have understood that whoever controls the thinking leadership of the church in a culture will eventually control the church itself.

There are so many people who do things to you, and you end up feeling hurt and insulted. In doing so, you merely let them drive you. You let them become your masters.

It's just how human beings are built. Two thousand years later, why do we know the name of Judas and not the soldier who nailed Christ to the cross? In

Siempre había creído que ser hombre implicaba mantenerse firme, pero aquello era algo que mi madre había hecho mejor que nadie.

La gente no entiende que se necesitan muchos hombres para crear a un hombre bueno.

Yoda is the lead samurai from Seven Samurai," says Kasdan of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film. "Seven Samurai is for me the greatest film ever made and enormously influential for George. If you see Seven Samurai, you see Yoda is Shimada, the lead samurai. He's the mentor figure who gets the whole picture.

Two things children shall receive from their parents: roots and wings

I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.