Quotes about Influence
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Do not let the writer's authority or learning influence you, be it little or great, but let the love of pure truth attract you to read. Do not ask, 'Who said this?' but pay attention to what is said.
— Thomas a Kempis
Whatever is received into something is received according to the condition of the receiver
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Every agent makes its like
— St. Thomas Aquinas
A man is known by the company his mind keeps.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct historical shadows to the generation immediately following them. The spell vanishes with the voice.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
— Euripides
New Yorkers have an intimacy with Trump, man. I mean, for decades.
— Holly Hunter
'Who Is This Man?' is about the impact of Jesus on human history. Most people - including most Christians - simply have no idea of the extent to which we live in a Jesus-impacted world.
— John Ortberg
it's white male life. The master narrative is whatever ideological script that is being imposed by the people in authority on everybody else. The master fiction. History. It has a certain point of view. So, when these little girls see that the most prized gift that they can get at Christmastime is this little white doll, that's the master narrative speaking. "This is beautiful, this is lovely, and you're not it.
— Nikki Giovanni
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. —BLAISE PASCAL
— Norman Geisler
Historia magistra vitae est
— Cicero