Quotes about Influence

We must live according to what we know from Scripture, committed to a heavenly kingdom, so that our lives affect not only our home and community, and perhaps our state and country—but also the entire earth.

In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.

There is no part of the world that is irrelevant to the United States anymore.

What influences our behavior, and what our level of responsibility is, are very complex issues. And anytime we try to make this simplistic, we don't serve people well.

I'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna.

No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus the Christ.

I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes.

In the Kingdom of God there are no great men, only humble men God has used greatly.

The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.

Absolute power is the power to destroy.

Winston Churchill wisely said, "First we shape our buildings. Thereafter, they shape us." Exegete the architecture of a typical church building and you'll quickly discover that it effectively teaches the church to be passive.

The social location of the church meeting expresses and influences the character of the church.