Quotes about Influence
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or, to vary the figure, a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists in his being there.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men — from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our father's have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a large part than what we suspect of what we think.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.
— Oprah Winfrey
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
— Oprah Winfrey
Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.
— Oprah Winfrey
Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.
— Oprah Winfrey
It is no great feat to burn a little man. It is a great achievement to persuade him. ERASMUS, LETTER
— Os Guinness
Biography can overwhelm philosophy in the best of us.
— Os Guinness
The key to changing the world is not simply being there, but an active, transforming engagement of a singularly robust and energetic kind.
— Os Guinness