Quotes about Influence
It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.
— Bill Hybels
Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.
— Thomas Monson
People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product or service, learning from you) makes them feel.
— Seth Godin
if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading
— Abraham Lincoln
Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion.
— Philip Yancey
What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.
— Philip Yancey
In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square.
— Philip Yancey
Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self. You become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.) thinks you are. How would my life change if I truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?
— Philip Yancey
Herein lies the most solemn challenge facing Christians who want to communicate their faith: if we do not live in a way that draws others to the faith rather than repels them, none of our words will matter.
— Philip Yancey
Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious effect on the broader world. Jesus used these images to illustrate his kingdom: a sprinkle of yeast causing the whole loaf to rise, a pinch of salt preserving a slab of meat, the smallest seed in the garden growing into a great tree in which birds of the air come to nest.
— Philip Yancey
Perhaps the reason politics has proved such a snare for the church is that power rarely coexists with love. People in power draw up lists of friends and enemies, then reward their friends and punish their enemies. Christians are commanded to love even their enemies.
— Philip Yancey
Ironically, (the church's) respect in the world declines in proportion to how vigorously we attempt to force others to adopt our point of view.
— Philip Yancey