Quotes about Influence

Christians are expected to carry the marks of the Lord Jesus, not adapt to the fashionable counterculture driven by marketing traps.

The Christian should stand out like a sparkling diamond against a rough background. He should be more wholesome than anyone else. He should be poised, cultured, courteous, gracious, but firm in the things that he does and does not do. He should laugh and be radiant, but he should refuse to allow the world to pull him down to its level.

Each of us has a tongue and a voice. These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively.

Why are our inner lives so important? One reason is because our thoughts determine our actions.

We need to know what the Bible teaches about right and wrong. Every day we are battered by messages—from the media, advertising, entertainment, celebrities, even our friends—with one underlying theme: "Live for yourself".

Every generation has found [the Bible's] message indispensable, and its influence on individuals and society over the centuries has been enormous.

Down through the centuries the church has contributed more than any other single agency in lifting social standards to new heights.

Worldliness doesn't fall like an avalanche upon a person and sweep him or her away. It is the steady drip, drip, drip of the water that wears away the stone. The world is exerting a steady pressure on us every day. Most of us would go down under it, if it weren't for the Holy Spirit who lives inside us, and holds us up, and keeps us.

We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.

I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.

After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.