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Quotes About Influence

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.
~ Johnnetta B. Cole
Things have no power that humans don't put there.
~ Terry Pratchett
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.
~ Bill Bixby
Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.
~ Franz Grillparzer
I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.
~ Scott Kahn
I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.
~ Vijay Mallya
Over the times thou hast no power. . . . Solely over one man thou hast quite absolute power. Him redeem and make honest.
~ Thomas Carlyle
The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.
~ George Eliot
We've come under the influence of television, where in all honesty we can follow a show that could just get cancelled midway through the season and the entire plotline never resolves itself.
~ Christopher Bollen
Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole of India.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
...I wish that I may never think the smiles of the great and powerful a sufficient inducement to turn aside from the straight path of honesty and the convictions of my own mind.
~ David Ricardo
Anybody wants to call me the Triple H of Ring of Honor, I think that's hilarious. I would prefer to call Triple H the CM Punk of the WWE.
~ CM Punk
I would honor the man who give to his country a good newspaper.
~ Rutherford B. Hayes
I know that God gave me the blessing to use, to bring honor and glory to Him, and to use to impact the lives of people.
~ Lee Haney
If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.
~ George Will
We produce programs that honor God and impact our world.
~ Willie Aames
It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind
~ Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman
God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.
~ Norah Jones
Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?
~ Cal Thomas
I like the idea of being a role model. It's an honor.
~ Tiger Woods
When I first came out with Blue, everyone compared me to Patsy Cline, which is the biggest honor, 'cause I've always looked up to her.
~ LeAnn Rimes
We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others.
~ Simon Sinek
In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall.
~ Meg Greenfield