Quotes about Influence

Beauty is present in all creation, but the danger lies in the fact that we allow ourselves to be influenced by what people think. We deny our own beauty because others can't or won't recognize it. We try to imitate what we see around us. We try to be what other people think of as 'pretty' & little by little, our soul fades. We forget the world is what we imagine it to be. We stop being the sun and become, instead, the pool of water reflecting it.

Only a man who is happy can create happiness in others.

Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time.

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone

In the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own Personal Legends.

He understood that, contrary to what most people think, total power means total slavery.

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say."

Creativity is the art of concealing your sources.

Few Christians go into media or the arts today, or see it as a primary mission field or battlefield. But it is.

It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.

Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association.