Influence Quotes
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No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.
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Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.
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If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.
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It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.
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Mathematics can remove no prejudices and soften no obduracy. It has no influence in sweetening the bitter strife of parties, and in the moral world generally its action is perfectly null.
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Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.
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Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
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At the risk of appearing predictable, the Bible was and remains the biggest influence on my thinking. I was raised reading it, memorizing passages from it and being guided by it. I still find it a source of wisdom, comfort and encouragement.
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Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.
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What I'm trying to do is to influence all the people I can influence. All those who are still under the dream and just put a big question mark in their mind. The acid dream is over, that is what I'm trying to tell them.
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Influence is a very tenuous matter. I try to avoid it in every respect. I don't want to be influenced by anybody.
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I can't stress too much how much Ry Cooder was an influence on me. Having one of the most respected musicians around like my singing really gave me the confidence to do it.
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A country will have authority and influence because of moral factors, not its military strength; because it can be humble and not blatant and arrogant; because our people want to serve others and not dominate others. And a nation without morality will soon lose its influence around the world.
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It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence.
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Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.
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How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?
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Remember, this is back in the 1940s, and it was sculpture which probably - in my instance probably came out of the European influence, Alexander Archipenko and things of that sort, Jacques Lipchitz to a certain extent, and I was influenced by those things and attempted to do work that emulated their style.
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I think it's my responsibility, as a person of influence... to sometimes try to do what I can.
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We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.
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Hopefully, I've helped him with my influence of being a better man and a better person. I can't tell him how to do everything. I can help and encourage him in any way I can. It's my job to put him in the best position to succeed. Off the court, I try to live my life the best way.
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Money, influence, and human imperatives always spoke more loudly than conscience and God.
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Escapism and wonder is influence. It makes you feel good, and that allows you to do things. You just keep on moving ahead, and you say, 'God, is this wonderful - do I appreciate it.'
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Influence is exerted by every human being from the hour of birth to that of death.
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Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence.
