Influence Quotes · Page 61

The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.

— Garrett Graff

Truth is: We all should strive to have a positive attitude that elevates those around us up to our level.

— Larry Cowell

Whatever else you fail of, do not fail of the influence of the Holy Spirit; that is the only way you can…

— David Brainerd

If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.

— Ruhollah Khomeini

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.

— Simon Mainwaring

I write books to influence people I will never meet. Books increase my audience and my message.

— Les Parrott

'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.

— Amy Lee

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind…

— Napoleon Hill

The only way really to influence countries, in terms of poverty, is to get them to change their policies and get them…

— James Wolfensohn

I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are…

— Michael Kenna

I'm particularly inspired by pristine locations. I enjoy working in areas where one can travel for miles without seeing any human influence.

— Matt Smith

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in…

— Donald Barthelme

Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more-absolutely not. France…

— Nadine Gordimer

Long after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian state and its security operatives still know who their long embedded human…

— Gerard Batten

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence…

— Constance Baker Motley

I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The…

— Marilynne Robinson

Your body, which is very physical, is under the influence of your thoughts, your feelings, your emotions, your dreams, your fantasies, your…

— Deepak Chopra

The Bible is the best of books, and I wish it were in the hands of every one. It is indispensable to…

— Zachary Taylor

Throughout the early Christian period, every great calamity - famine, earthquake, and plague - led to mass conversions, another indirect influence by…

— Hans Zinsser

I don't need any crutches in order to concentrate. As a child I learned that you must be ready because I'd be…

— Angelina Jolie

We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the…

— Henry David Thoreau

I know I must conceal my sentiments: I must smother hope; I must remember that he cannot care much for me. For…

— Charlotte Bronte

A renaissance in cellular biology has recently revealed the molecular mechanisms by which thoughts and perceptions directly influence gene activity and cell…

— Bruce H. Lipton

The domestic power structure - how power is exercised in the United States, for instance - greatly influences the structure of international…

— Thomas Pogge

“Alas! How the Church is allowing the world and its methods to influence and control her outlook and life.”

— Martyn Llyod-Jones

Sadly, the system in this country is rigged in favor of wealthy elites who have purchased tremendous influence in our government.

— Tulsi Gabbard

They biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind-think big anyway.

— John C. Maxwell

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant

— Geezer Butler

Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.

— H. P. Lovecraft

The influence of Steven Spielberg to my career is unquantifiable. Every day on the set with him is a master class in…

— Caroline Goodall

Religion is ... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature.

— Theodore Schroeder

Try not to hurt your loved once, because a moment of anger could be a lifetime punishment

— Alex Low

The undue influence of money on our politics is like a cancer underlying other cancers, the issue underlying all other issues.

— Marianne Williamson

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

— Dashiell Hammett

I liked actions movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a major influence on me at that point in my life.

— Seth Rogen

I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.

— Francisco Costa

The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.

— Leonard Sweet

Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.

— Oscar Wilde

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

— Joan Armatrading