Influence Quotes
(1 - 10 of 35)If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power
carries me off in more
If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power
carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my
understanding another.
[Lat., Si possem sanior essem.
Sed trahit invitam nova vis; aliudque Cupido,
Mens aliud.]
If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the
earth would have been changed.
If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the
earth would have been changed.
By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.
By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Influencing people is dangerous. Their acts and thoughts become your illegitimate children. You can't get away from them and Heaven more
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.
The very room, coz she was in,
Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'.
The very room, coz she was in,
Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'.
No life
Can be pure in its purpose or strong in its strife
And all life not more
No life
Can be pure in its purpose or strong in its strife
And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.
No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.
No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.
You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of
your neighbors if they will let more
You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of
your neighbors if they will let you; and for that reason you must
cultivate, not a spirit of criticism, but the talents that
attract people to the hearing of the Word.
Even here Thy strong magnetic charms I feel,
And pant and tremble like the amorous steel.
To more
Even here Thy strong magnetic charms I feel,
And pant and tremble like the amorous steel.
To lower good, and beauties less divine,
Sometimes my erroneous needle does incline;
But yet (so strong the sympathy)
It turns, and points again to Thee.
