Motivational Quotes

Influence

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

- Brokaw, Tom

Best Quotes about Influence

He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.

Hubbard, Elbert

Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

Washington, Booker T.

Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.

Kempis, Thomas

In our society a man is known by the company he owns.

Lieberman, Gerald F.

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

Hightower, Cullen

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.

Proverb, Korean

Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got.

Young, Andrew

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One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.

Borges, Jorge Luis

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Influence: What you think you have until you try to use it.

Welsh, Joan

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We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

Thoreau, Henry David

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It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

Hoffer, Eric

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Every one comes between men's souls and God, either as a brick wall or as a bridge. Either you are leading men to God or you are driving them away.

Dewar, Canon Lindsay

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What little Jack does not learn, big John will never.

Proverb, German

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There are only about a half dozen things that make 80% of the difference in any area of our lives.

Rohn, Jim

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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

Dali, Salvador

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Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.

Morris, Tom

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We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.

Locke, John

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It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.

Carlyle, Thomas

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The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Let him that would move the world, first move himself.

Socrates

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A community is like the ones who govern it.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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At the same time, as social beings, we are moved in the relations with our fellow beings by such feelings as sympathy, pride, hate, need for power, pity, and so on.

Einstein, Albert

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What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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.

Rohn, Jim

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Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)

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The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

Marden, Orison Swett

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The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.