John C. Maxwell
“Leadership is influence.”
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W. S. Merwin
“We are the echo of the future.”
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Euripides
"Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise."
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Socrates
"Let him that would move the world, first move himself."
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Goethe
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
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Exodus 23:2
“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil…”
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Gilbert Parker
“There is no influence like the influence of habit.”
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Huston Smith
“The most powerful moral influence is example.”
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Henry Adams
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
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Henry Drummond
“The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.”
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Arthur Henderson
“Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.”
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Duncan Sheik
“It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do.”
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George Eliot
“Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.”
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Margot Asquith
“It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.”
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Iain Macleod
“The influence of individual character extends from generation to generation."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?”
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Henry Ward Beecher
“What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.”
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Tom Brokaw
"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."
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Elbert Hubbard
"He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow."
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1 Samuel 15:24
“I feared the people, and obeyed their voice…”
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Ezekiel 2:6
“And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words.”
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Galatians 5:9
“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”
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Orison Swett Marden
“The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.”
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Ken Blanchard
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.”
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David O. McKay
“Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.”
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Albert Schweitzer
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it's the only thing.”
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Author Unknown
“Those who sleep with dogs gets up with fleas.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.”
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John Hancock
“The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.”
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Booker T. Washington
“There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.”
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Henry Ward Beecher
“The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.”
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Blaise Pascal
“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble."
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Roy Croft
“I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.”
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Booker T. Washington
“There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.”
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Eleanor Roosevelt
“You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.”
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Walt Disney
“Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.”
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Billy Graham
“Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.”
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Napoleon Bonaparte
“The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”
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Soren Kierkegaard
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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Booker T. Washington
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.”
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Eric Hoffer
“It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.”
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Kenny Guinn
“Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives.”
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John Ratzenberger
“I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.”
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Henry George
"Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and where ever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.”
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Thomas Kempis
"Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be."
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John Locke
“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us."
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Jim Rohn
“Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed."
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Frank Romer
"People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take notice."
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Mark Twain
“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”
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C. S. Lewis
“The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said”
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John Marshall
“To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation.”
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Henry George
“Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.”
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Ulysses S. Grant
“Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.”
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Scott Adams
“You don't have to be a ‘person of influence’ to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.”
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Jean Paul Richter
“The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.”
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Amos Bronson Alcott
“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.”
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Niccolo Machiavelli
“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.”
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Stephen Neill
“The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them by the stimulating influence of the inspiration that he can impart. The true leader makes his followers twice the men they were before.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.”
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