Quotes about Influence
It is what the unimportant do that really counts and determines the course of history. The greatest forces in the universe are never spectacular. Summer showers are more effective than hurricanes, but they get no publicity. The world would soon die but for the fidelity, loyalty and consecration of those whose names are unhonored and unsung.
— Frank Viola
We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great power involves great responsibility
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Passion makes one persuasive.
— Fred Craddock
When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
— Frederick Buechner
Words without poetry lack passion; words without passion lack persuasion; words without persuasion lack power.
— Brennan Manning
What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love.
— Henri Nouwen
It is easier to live in the world without being of the world than to live in the church without being of the church
— Henri Nouwen
When our deepest truth is that we are the Beloved and when our greatest joy and peace come from fully claiming that truth, it follows that this has to become visible and tangible in the ways we eat and drink, talk and love, play and work. When the deepest currents of our life no longer have any influence on the waves at the surface, then our vitality will eventually ebb, and we will end up listless and bored even when we are busy.
— Henri Nouwen
People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.
— Henri Nouwen