“Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is the authority, or that he possesses great moral dominion over others, yet it is spiritually unwarranted. By that point he loses steam; in result, he falsely begins trying to prove that unwarranted dominion by seizing the role of a condemner.” MenTryingBelieveDoeFallLosesResultsMoralRolesInfluencePrideProveAuthorityDominionSteamSeizing Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended.” BelieveI CanPoliticalCertainBitsInfluenceVoteAthleteOffended Author:Pete Sampras
“There are many ways in which people are made aware of their power to believe in the supremacy of Divine guidance and power: through music or visual art, some event or experience decisively influencing their life, looking through a microscope or telescope, or just by looking at the miraculous manifestations or purposefulness of Nature.” PeopleWayBelieveArtMadeAtheismInfluenceEventsDivineGuidanceManifestationVisualsMiraculousSupremacyTelescopesMicroscopesVisual ArtDivine GuidancePurposefulness Author:Ernst Boris Chain
“The aim of art is a constant, and a continuous job to reveal visually the attitude of our mentality. And the less we disturb the influence of our mentality the more I believe we come close to the truth.” BelieveArtJobsI BelieveAttitudeInfluenceArt IsAimConstantRevelationsMentality Author:Josef Albers
“I cannot believe that a republic could subsist if the influence of the lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people.” PeopleIfsBelieveInfluenceIncreaseLawyerProportionRepublic Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“I believe firmly in the efficacy of religion, in its powerful influence on a person's whole life. It helps immeasurably to meet the storms and stress of life and keep you attuned to the Divine inspiration. Without inspiration, we would perish.” BelievePersonsWholeHelpingInspirationI BelievePowerfulInfluenceDivineStressStormWhole LifeEfficacyDivine Inspiration Author:Walt Disney
“I do believe in what I call the stewardship of influence as well as the stewardship of affluence. And that is you use whatever God gives you not for your own benefit, but use it to help people who have no benefit. And when you use whatever God gives you, he gives you more of it. When you use it well, he gives you more of it.” PeopleGivingBelieveWellsHelpingUseInfluenceBenefitsStewardshipAffluence Author:Rick Warren