Quotes about Influence
Disciples are people who operate under the rule of God, and if we're not operating under the rule of God, we can't expect the broader society to take God seriously.
— Tony Evans
Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles.
— Francis Schaeffer
Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself but the kingdom.
— Tony Evans
Some say society must change in order to change people. No, people must be changed in order to change society.
— Charles Colson
Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
— Henry Ward Beecher
He thinks like a Tory, and talks like a Radical, and that's so important nowadays.
— Oscar Wilde
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.
— Donald Miller
You have a chance to move in far better society than the Joneses. Why worry about keeping up with the Joneses? Keep up with the Angels and you'll be far wiser and happier.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid.
— Philip Yancey