Quotes about Influence

People generally fall into one of three groups: the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every person is either a creator of fact or a creature of circumstance. He either puts color into his environment, or, like a chameleon, takes color from his environment." ? Myles Munroe, Understanding Your Poten

We are products of our culture and interpret the world through our mental conditioning.

The greatest act of leadership is mentoring. No matter how much you may learn, achieve, accumulate, or accomplish, if it all dies with you, then you are a generational failure.

We could sum up thre entire message of this book in the following way; leaders stand for something - vision. Leaders stand on something - values.

Once more, we must realize that when men are ignorant of their true identity, it affects not only their own callings and fulfillment, but also that of their families and of society as a whole. This is because God has given males a unique leadership influence. As the man goes, so goes the family, society, and the world.

Am I, in any way, violating the trust of those who have placed their faith in me? What impact am I having on those who are influenced or affected by my behavior?

our personal behavior often has consequences for others.

All history involves selection, and it is always human beings who do the selecting.

Caesar's messengers didn't go round the world saying, 'Caesar is lord, so if you feel you need to have a Roman-empire kind of experience, you might want to submit to him'.

Tell someone to do something, and you change their life—for a day; tell someone a story and you change their life.

When God does the big things, the little people get drawn in too. Human systems often forget that, but God doesn't.

You become like what you worship.