Top 1200 Great Influence Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Kolkata is a great city, has great food and great people. We had some problems finding the kind of old buildings we were looking for, and even handling the crowds, but on the whole it was fun shooting there.

I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

We have to be even more Christocentric because of the influence of Islam today.

Kenneth Hari's art work shall influence mankind.

I leave everyone to have their own opinions of my music and my influence - or not - on others.

Generally, I think my work has so much influence because of its reasonableness.

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner or later, receive the reverence of mankind.

I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.

We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.

Real power has to do with one's ability to influence the hearts and minds of others.

I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.

Great brands and great businesses have to be great storytellers, too. We have to tell stories - emotive, compelling stories - and even more so because we're nonfiction.

In my career, Diego Maradona had the biggest influence on me.

Sex was a great no-no for Americans, so that was obviously an attraction to the writers, and since sex is a great part of most people's lives, it's a great subject.

What great comedians, great comic writers, great comic actors do is that they just read the headlines with the right eyebrow position and it's funny.

One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.

Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.

The Solyndra scandal occurred because of people with money who have influence and power.

The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

The body is holographic; therefore, when you change one biomarker you influence them all.

I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime.

My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

Achievement comes to someone when he is able to do great things for himself. Success comes when he empowers followers to do great things with him. Significance comes when he develops leaders to do great things for him. But a legacy is created only when a person puts his organization into the position to do great things without him.

Saudi Arabia has historically attempted to influence politics in Beirut.

If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

To be here drinking a Coke can influence the process of musical creation as much as anything.

Lyrically and melodically, Drake was definitely a big influence of mine.

You need to be intent on reducing size, scope, and influence of government.

Great things demand that we either remain silent about them or speak in a great manner: in a great manner, that is-cynically and with innocence.

Some events take a lifetime to reveal their damage and influence.

It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.

All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.

There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.

Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don't know. The great leaders can't do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

I'm very fortunate to work with a great group of guys that are great coaches, great motivators, excited about what they do, have a lot of enthusiasm and are excellent coaches.

It's as great a part of the human adventure to invent things as to understand them. John Randall wasn't a great scientist, but he was a great inventor. There's been lots more like him, and it's a shame they don't get Nobel Prizes.

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.

The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.

A programming language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time.

Man cannot influence in this respect the atomic forces of Nature.

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

The great thing for me is I wasn't a great player - I managed at the lower level and managed to be successful and that gives great hope to everyone else.

Chris Young was a big influence of mine, and he's one of my good friends now.

Shoe companies and endorsers influence team decisions all the time.

It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.

When Star Wars became a hit and I had a chance to make the other movies, I had to figure out a way to bring Ben back, but a lot of the issues he had to deal with were carried by Yoda. In a sense, I combined Yoda with the spirit of Ben. I wanted Ben to have some kind of influence, but I didn't want it to be a direct influence where he could help Luke. So Ben has managed to keep his identity after he became one with the Force. One of the things he was doing on Tatooine besides watching over Luke was learning how to keep his identity after he became part of the Force.

My dad was a big influence because he did a lot of music.

I was safe, due to my parents, but the Boys' Club was a massive influence.

Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.

My own feeling is that a corporation has no right to have a political or social influence.

You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.

I knew of the Sapeur community for a long time, and they're an important influence for me.

Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.

So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together.