Influence Quotes

"He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people."
-Albert Einstein

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
-Mark Twain

"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."
-Scott Adams

"Be around the people you want to be like, because you will be like the people you are around."
-Sean Reichle

"Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being."
-Dale E. Turner

"(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth."
-Jacques Ellul

"It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life."
-Margot Asquith

"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
-Soren Kierkegaard

"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."
-Edmund Burke

"The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years."
-Deepak Chopra

"Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye."
-Jacopo Sannazaro

"Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate."
-Robert Louis Stevenson

"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence."
-Amos Bronson Alcott

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."
-George Eliot

"Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred."
-Korean Proverb

"To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well."
-Dr. John Marshall

"The objective of his life is not just to make money, but to have influence and to follow the heritage of his grandfather."
-Ferdinand Dudenhöffer

"The unreal has about as much influence on them as the real..."
-Gustave Le Bon

"But in reality, in the long term, it does become a destructive influence in lives as it begins to consume more and more."
-Brett Beal

"That's a card our negotiating partners have which gives them a certain leverage, a certain influence over the U.S.."
-Clyde Prestowitz

"Citizens want not just input but influence."
-Deborah Reyher

"We don't want to influence anyone else's statement."
-Lauren Peduzzi

"Stricter standards applied to those who influence impressionable young people."
-Robin Oakley

"We're not here to influence voters; we're here to make sure they get to vote for the candidate of their choice."
-Paul Lee

"One of the hallmarks of the human brain is the extent to which cortical, cognitive, namely prefrontal areas can influence and control behavior, and these areas are the last to develop and perhaps never cease doing so."
-Matthew Gervais

"(My parents) aren't so much an influence on why I play, but I get my love and my passion for the game from them."
-Amanda Johnson

"Has always been a kind of clearing house for power and influence in Italian finance and business. It's a place where things happen, if you like."
-Keith Baird