Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine Writer, Essayist, Poet
In families well ordered there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and firm action, this, though not easy, is the work of divine men.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
There are only about a half dozen things that make 80% of the difference in any area of our lives.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.
—Clint Eastwood (b.1930) American Film Director, Film Producer, Film Actor
Always so act that the immediate motive of thy will may become a universal rule for all intelligent beings.
—Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) Prussian German Philosopher, Logician
Planets do not govern the soul, or guide the destinies of men, but trifles, lighter than straws, are levers in the building up of character.
—Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–89) English Poet, Writer
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.—This is a feudal tenure which they cannot alter.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and where ever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.
—Henry George (1839–97) American Political Economist, Journalist
What little Jack does not learn, big John will never.
—German Proverb
All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
See that no one puts a stumbling block, or an occasion to fall in his brothers way.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
—Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American Educationist
In our society a man is known by the company he owns.
—Gerald F. Lieberman
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and pure and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
—Phillips Brooks (1835–93) American Episcopal Clergyman, Author
Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Influencing people is dangerous. Their acts and thoughts become your illegitimate children. You can’t get away from them and Heaven knows what they mayn’t grow up into.
—Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945) English Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Humorist
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
—Italian Proverb
Our gifts and attainments are not only to be light and warmth in our own dwellings, but are to shine through the window, into the dark night, to guide and cheer bewildered travellers on the road.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
A word or a nod from the good, has more weight than the eloquent speeches of others.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
—Salvador Dali (1904–89) Spanish Painter
Forming characters! Whose? Our own, or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence. Who is sufficient for the thought?
—Elihu Burritt (1810–79) American Pacifist, Diplomat
Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
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