Quotes about Influence

Decisions are best made by the people affected by them.

As feminism has changed academia by enlarging what is taught, academia has sometimes changed feminism.

Taking away the good is even more lethal than pointing out the bad.

she is still better known than most living movie stars, most world leaders, and most television personalities. The surprise is that she rarely has been taken seriously enough to ask why that is so.

It is said that the biggest determinant of our lives is whether we see the world as welcoming or hostile. This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

That conflict follows politics as night follows day.

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others....

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

It is possible to be honest every day. It is possible to live so that others can trust us-can trust our words, our motives, and our actions. Our examples are vital to those who sit at our feet as well as those who watch from a distance. Our own constant self-improvement will become as a polar star to those within our individual spheres of influence. They will remember longer what they saw in us than what they heard from us. Our attitude, our point of view, can make a tremendous difference.

The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.

Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.

No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the livs of those within our circle of influence.