Quotes about Influence

You never know when one kind act, or one word of encouragement, can change a life forever.

Encourage literally came from "in courage." The courage is put "into" you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.

A brand is no longer what it tells consumers it is—it is what consumers tell each other it is.

If anyone was ever cognizant of the need and function of 'litanies', it was Kafka.

No child, not even the most ordinary, forgets or forgives a single one of the commands inflicted on it.

You are the sum total of all that we have been," said the youngster who looked like my former self. "In a way we are the ones to execute John Dawson. Because you can't do it without us. Now, do you see?" I was beginning to understand. An act so absolute as that of killing involves not only the killer but, as well, those who have formed him. In murdering a man I was making them murderers.

The preoccupations of seventeen-year-old girls--their looks, their clothes, their social life--do not change very much from generation to generation. But in every generation there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy was one of the few.

Money holds terrible power when it is loved.

What is a godly mother? A godly mother is one who loves the Lord her God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength and then passionately, consistently, and unrelentingly teaches her child to do the same.

We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.

Leave your mark on the world by leaving behind a child who grows up to love and serve the Lord.

A daughter will follow in her mom's footsteps so make sure to set a good example.