Quotes about Influence

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.

One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer. However the influence of the Holy Spirit may be set at nought, and run down by many, it will be found upon trial, that all means which we can use, without it, will be ineffectual. If a temple is raised for God in the heathen world, it will not be by might, nor by power, nor by the authority of the magistrate, or the eloquence of the orator; but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Those who can command themselves command others.

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

We are very much what others think of us . The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

There is only one thing I wast to say about Ohio that has a political tinge, and that is that I think a mistake has been made of recent years in Ohio in failing to continue as our representatives the same people term after term. I do not need to tell a Washington audience, among whom there are certainly some who have been interested in legislation, that length of service in the House and in the Senate is what gives influence.

How powerful is the influence of a mother! The bond between mother and child seems to be God-designed, the perfect union of potential and the power to make it spring forth. The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to unleash the potential of her children.

This generation can only reach this generation.

I am not waiting for a move of God, I am a move of God!