Quotes about Influence

Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt: "The Fates lead him who will; him who won't, they drag.

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail. Without it nothing can succeed. He who molds opinion is greater than he who enacts laws.

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

The environment that we call society is created by past generations; we accept it, as it helps us to maintain our greed, possessiveness, illusion.

It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.

My dad used to play that Paul McCartney song 'Let 'Em In.' That was dope.