Influence Quotes

"The world is changed by your example, not your opinion."

- Paulo Coelho

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

- Robin Williams

"There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."

- James E. Faust

"Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother’s love? What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully plants and lovingly cultivates in the fertile soil of a child’s trusting mind and heart? As a mother, you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities."

- Richard G. Scott

"If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful."

- Jeff Bezos

"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."

- Paulo Coelho

"Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow."

- George R.R. Martin

"You never know how or when you’ll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else."

- Denzel Washington

"Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression."

- Dr. Haim Ginott

""It is possible to move men, through God, by prayer alone.""

- Hudson Taylor

"In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents."

- Deborah Tannen

"There is an era before, and another one after Rolls Gracie"

- Royce Gracie

"Negative and positive thinking is infectious, as it tends to influence not only situations but also people around."

- Lindsay J. Hallie

"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."

- Al Capone

"Barbers are the architects of appearance and the sculptors of first impressions."

- Henry Fielding

"Can a mere song change a people's minds? I doubt that it is so. But a song can infiltrate your heart and the heart may change your mind."

- Elvis Costello

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"The person who gives the value first has the leverage."

- Gary Vaynerchuk

"Good marketing makes the company look smart. Great marketing makes the customer feel smart."

- Joe Chernov

"Content is King but engagement is Queen, and the lady rules the house!"

- Mari Smith

"There is no influence so powerful as that of a mother."

- Sara Josepha Hale

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

- Epictetus

"Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble."

- Yehuda Berg

"Energy is contagious: either you affect people or you infect people."

- T. Harv Eker

"[Kids] don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are."

- Jim Henson

"The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future."

- F. Sionil Jose

"The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious and may revolutionize a whole town."

- Eleanor H. Porter

"An artist's sphere of influence is the world."

- Carl Maria von Weber

"Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate."

"Teacher: A person who helps you solve problems you’d never have without them."