Quotes about Influence

Much harm may result from bad company and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse rather than what is better.

Much harm may result from bad company and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse rather than what is better.

In accepting or rejecting opinions, a man must not be influenced by love or hatred of him who offers the opinions, but only by the certainty of the truth.

On this view, then, Paul envisions an eschatological, end-of-time Antichrist, a man characterized by sin and destruction who will assume a place of influence and authority within the professing Church from which he will persecute God's people and foment a spiritual apostasy (cf. Matt. 7:21-23; 2 Tim. 1:15; Rev. 3:1; 11:7-13; 20:7-10), all of which must come to pass before the Lord Jesus can return in fullness.

Whatever greatness there is in him (and it is there), whatever constructive influence he has exerted on the Christian church (and it has been incalculable), he himself would attribute to the sovereign grace of God working through yet another "clay jar" (2 Cor. 4:7).

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.

For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes.

I am influenced at the present time by far higher considerations and by a nobler idea of duty than I ever was when I held the Evangelical belief.

The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound.

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.