Influence Quotes · Page 46

A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.

— Henri Matisse

A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

— Ellen Swallow Richards

The movement of the soul along the path of duty, under the influence of holy love to God, constitutes what we call…

— Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine

You never know what the next person is dealing with and how your actions can influence their decisions and change their life.

— Anonymous

Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys.

— Anonymous

My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Don't let your past dictate who you are but rather let it be part of who you will become.

— Anonymous

There is nothing in history to parallel the influence of Jesus Christ.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that…

— Dixon Edward Hoste

I think that the world will continue trying to grapple with the climate problem, no matter who is U.S. president. But I…

— Chris Mooney

Gary Numan had a huge influence on both my music and my style. He had his own unique fashion sense - that…

— Mayer Hawthorne

The role of a modern studio chief is much different to how the old studio chiefs used to operate. It's not so…

— Ronald Meyer

The presence of many interacting influences, including the attainments of others, create further leeway in how one's performances and outcomes are cognitively…

— Albert Bandura

Really, I listen to more hip hop probably than most other things. That's where I get a lot of my influence from…

— Richard Ashcroft

I think if you look back through the intellectual history of human beings you can trace the way that intellectual technologies influence…

— Nicholas G. Carr

I don't see how being a faster runner, or a better mathematician makes you 'deserve' access to a better life, or more…

— Catherine Wilson

And Complicated Grief is a text that announces, from the start, in its citation of influence, dense intertextuality and hybridity, a failure…

— Laura Mullen

The manufacturing corporation, except in comparatively few instances, no longer represents a protecting care, a parental influence, over its operatives. It is…

— Harriet Hanson Robinson

Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. We are sorry…

— Ellen G. White

I strongly believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman. I'm troubled by activist judges who are…

— George W. Bush

“Why can she not influence him more, when she is privileged to draw so near to him?” I asked myself. “Surely she…

— Charlotte Bronte

My mother's influence in molding my character was conspicuous. She forced me to learn daily long chapters of the Bible by heart.…

— John Ruskin

Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time…

— Nikki Reed

Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence.

— Ari Melber

Nothing influences people more than are commendation from a trusted friend.

— Mark Zuckerberg

You inspire people, not by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are.

— Alexander Den Heijer

“One biographer said Kennedy lived along the line where charm became power.”

— Scott Farris

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

— S. E. Hinton

It isn't the instrument that influences High-Minded or Low-Minded; it's the quality of Mind itself.

— Cynthia Ozick

It is a moment of decision that shapes destiny. Decision taken with a cool mind has long term implication on your destiny.

— Anil Sinha

One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.

— Andre Maurois

“Influence has always been, and will always be, the currency of leadership.”

— Clay Scroggins

“Always have something shrewd to say and valuable to put on the table.”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

If the world can't change your dreams, your dreams will change the world. If the world can't change love, love will change…

— Anonymous

I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement.

— Cee Lo Green

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

I am today what I should have been in the past, however, it was the past that has made me into the…

— David Kreger

You have to have already convinced yourself that you are going to win no matter what other influences are.

— Edwin Moses

My own feeling is that a corporation has no right to have a political or social influence.

— Noam Chomsky