A good example is the best gift you can offer to your children. In your absence, your example is present, which means you are present always!

People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.

I believe there is a strong familial pull as the influence of beloved ancestors continues with us from the other side of the veil.

The political nature of man made it highly unlikely that a society designed to meet regularly would remain peaceable. “The way to make friends quarrel is to pit them in disputation under the public eye,”...

To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on...

We like to think that was the Maine influence rubbing off. Or better yet, that of his wonderful, exceptional wife, because to know Cap was to know Jane. They were truly one soul.

There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very...

The swing states need to have a bigger influence in selecting the candidate.

I am your opus.

The purpose of influence is to “speak up for those who have no influence.” (Pr.31:8) It’s not about you.

Gary has been a positive influence. He always simulates the other team’s point guard in practice, and in many cases he’s a better player.

An interesting contrast between the geology of the present day and that of half a century ago, is presented by the complete emancipation of the modern geologist from the controlling and perverting influence of theology,...

A man is no more than breath until his breath fashions the words that others cannot forget.

It’s not the money. It’s not the fame. It’s the influence.

I never met your likeness. Jane: you please me, and you master me – you seem to submit, and I like the sense of pliancy you impart; and while I am twining the soft, silken...

Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues of one’s behaviour.

You came to the earth with loads of inspirations and influence. Dare to offload them out of you before you die. Give out all you carry along into the world and when you are ready...

I want to give just a slight indication of the influence the book has had. I knew that George Orwell, in his second novel, A Clergyman’s Daughter, published in 1935, had borrowed from Joyce for...

Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed “his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy.

…you influenced me, in a way in which no one else did.

People don’t feel they have any influence at all.

The only thing they have got is about eight or 10 people in positions of power and influence who are former Perot folks who simply want to derail our nomination, … Fox News Sunday.

Stop looking for the biggest crowd, and start looking for the right crowd.

Both friend and enemy reside within us. One lives by the rule of compassion, the other by the rule of hard knocks. Though potential influence of either extreme is inevitable, our actions bear witness to...

However, when it comes to standards, it is possible for high-tech companies to influence world governments. Intel helped to persuade China not to pursue its own wireless standard and to support open standards adopted and...

If you are sad don’t try to influence an environment but if you are happy attempt everyone you can reach.

My own personality, which was molded by the furnace of time and circumstances… strengthened by the touchstone of varied experiences, has changed a bit due to the benevolence and graciousness of people around me but...

My dad’s Irish music was such a huge influence.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.

What people see you do may not be remembered; what they hear you say may be forgotten; but how they feel your intervention in their times of need will forever be remembered.

You are like a city on the hill; you can’t be hidden out of sight in any way! Beautify your environment and your influence will be seen from afar!

An expectation is a thought.It has no power or influence.

I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on ‘Load’ and ‘ReLoad.’

Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.

History must be our deliverer not only from the undue influence of other times, but from the undue influence of our own, from the tyranny of environment and the pressures of the air we breathe

One ordinary woman connected to an extraordinary God can make a difference

Psychology of small things rules.

A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town’s true leaders – which storekeeper was respected, which farmer was listened to other farmers – only through endless hours of subtle probing of reticent men.

You don’t have to be a ‘person of influence’ to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me.

I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.

It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men… and modern nations, in the consecrations of kings, and in several superstitious...

It is impossible to estimate full influence of the reading of the Word in a home day after day and year after year. It filters into the hearts of the young. It is absorbed into...

It is a carefully orchestrated political strategy to show that the presidential camp is still alive and can influence the peace process. It’s saying ‘we’re still here and we can block the process’.

The attitude you pose is greatly influenced by the links of friendships you bookmark. Good friends, good attitudes; best friends, best attitudes. Guess what for toxic friends…!

The circularity of influence was like a trail of dominoes falling in four dimensions. Each time one slapped another and fell to the ground, from a different vantage point it appeared knocked upright, ready to...

Working as a cartel, these institutions could influence economies for good or for naught, potentially in ways that may not be guided by any standard of national or international interest.

They grew up, moulded by the harsh or kindly pressure of their fellows, to be either well nurtured, generous, sound, or mentally crippled, bitter, unwittingly vindictive.

I find that, as a rule, when a thing is a wonder to us it is not because of what we see in it, but because of what others have seen in it. We get...