Quotes about Influence
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.
— Thomas Jefferson
If you make history with God, He'll make history with you
— Bill Johnson
God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name.
— David Platt
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!
— John Maxwell
I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
It is better sometimes not to follow great reformers of abuses beyond the threshold of their homes.
— George Eliot
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
— William Temple
Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.
— George Eliot
True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.
— Myles Munroe
The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
— Bill Hybels