Quotes about Influence

Without our realizing it, we were trained to think that the most significant people are star athletes, actors, and musicians—the ones we applaud, those whose autographs others seek. They aren't. Not really. Most often, the people worth noting are the individuals who turn a "nobody" into a "somebody" but never receive credit.

The late President Harry Truman often referred to leaders as people who can get others to do what they don't want to do-and make them like doing it!

The church can seldom resurrect what the home puts to death.

As we shall see, the best leaders are actually servants. Unselfishly

Satan is always content to hide in the shadows of a worldview if he can exploit that worldview to his own ends.

You can influence Tony. You can pray for him and ask God to work in his heart. You can love him with the kind of love only God can give you. But you can't make decisions for him. You can't change him. You can only allow God to change you. You can change the way you think about him and yourself and God. You can believe the truth about the power of God and join Him in what He wants to do.

You think the choices you make just affect you and the other person, but you don't realize how one choice ripples toward everybody. You included.

I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

Laughter is America's most important export.

Scripture makes it clear that these responses are not forced upon us by the pressures of the situation. What I do comes from inside me. The things that happen to me will influence my responses but never determine them. Rather, these responses flow out of the thoughts and motives of my heart.

And each of us has tried to be the Holy Spirit in another person's life, trying to work spiritual changes that only God can accomplish.