Quotes About Influence

A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great Britain and America? Blinks of an eye...The very oldest root of civilization, at least of Western civilization, is Egypt. Look at the pyramid on the dollar bill. Look at the Washington Monument—the world's largest Egyptian obelisk. Egypt is still.......very much alive.

Young man, names are powerful things. You don't just go around using them for no reason.

Now, he realized, he simply had to take what he wanted. He had to control the winds, not the other way around (p. 434).

How could music cause so many lives to veer off course?

Tyrants are not easy to oppose or walk away from, especially when you depend on them for everything.

Juan Bautista de Toledo

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

The way you SEE your life SHAPES your life. How you define life determines your destiny. Your perspective will influence how you invest your time, spend your money, use your talents, and value your relationships.

Martin Luther said, "You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair." You can't keep the Devil from suggesting thoughts, but you can choose not to dwell or act on them.

La cualidad esencial para el liderazgo no es la perfección, sino la credibilidad.

You must make a counter-culture decision to focus on becoming more like Jesus. Otherwise, other forces like peers, parents, coworkers, and culture will try to mold you into their image.

The book of Proverbs warns us over and over again about negative associations. Constant exposure to wrong attitudes and wrong values will eventually take its toll in our lives. It is always easier to pull someone down than it is to lift him up. What kind of friends should you have? The kind who bring out the best in you, who lift you up, who encourage you, who make you a better person.

You are never persuasive when you're abrasive.

I don't know all the keys to success, but one key to failure is to try to please everyone. Being controlled by the opinions of others is a guaranteed way to miss God's purposes for your life.

el fundamento del liderazgo es el carácter; no el carisma, ni los estudios o los talentos, sino el carácter.

Many people are driven by the need for approval. They allow the expectations of parents or spouses or children or teachers or friends to control their lives. Many adults are still trying to earn the approval of unpleasable parents. Others are driven by peer pressure, always worried by what others might think. Unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.

Cultural lies conform us, but eternal truths transform us.

Sometimes it takes just one good man

You can't make people listen to you. People only hear what they want to hear.

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.

Why," went on Edna, clasping her knees and looking up into Mademoiselle's twisted face, "do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself: 'Go to! Here is a distinguished statesman with presidential possibilities; I shall proceed to fall in love with him.' Or, 'I shall set my heart upon this musician, whose fame is on every tongue?' Or, 'This financier, who controls the world's money markets?

Never use anybody else's power, but always use yours.

Every action, reader, no matter how small, has a consequence.

she gave her a good clout to the ear.