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The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of time. — Hannah Arendt

No man has any influence or power for good when angry. — J. Golden Kimball

We are all leaders-whether we want to be or not. There is always someone we are influencing-either leading them to good-or away from good. — Leif Erikson

There is no such thing as good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral- immoral from a scientific point of view. — Oscar Wilde

Anyone can find the bad in any situation but it takes love to see the good in all things. — Mensah Oteh

Every one has a level of influence that can be harnessed for greater good — Bernard Kelvin Clive

It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound. — Joseph Smith Jr.

I'd like to be more of a bad influence than a role model. I'm getting lots of boys to wear eye-liner again which is good. — Brian Molko

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. — Xavier Becerra

Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good. — Victoria Osteen

Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal. — S.M. Stirling

A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart. — Howard G. Hendricks

Good friends will allow you to be as innocent and free as a child when in private, and as wise and mature as an adult when in public. — Criss Jami

No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. — Hosea Ballou

It is important that we women use our position as a platform to influence for good. — Ofra Strauss

Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself. — Richard Ford

Salt and light speak of the influence Christians can exercise for good in society. — Billy Graham

Influence other people for good. — L.M. Montgomery

To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals. — Michael Bassey

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer. — J.G. Holland

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train. — Desiderius Erasmus

I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way . — Huey Newton

You'd think an angel who hung around with employees of evil would be a good influence, but at times, he seemed worse than we were. — Richelle Mead

You have a wonderful influence. Let it be for good, not for evil. — Oscar Wilde

If you have the right to influence the laws that are made in your community, why not take the opportunity to do something good? — Victoria Stoklasa

When mothers know who they are and who God is and have made covenants with Him, they will have great power and influence for good on their children, — Julie B. Beck

People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener. — John C. Maxwell

If I've reached the place where I'm a good influence on anybody, it's time I cultivated some new vices. — Robert A. Heinlein

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. — Jack Kingston

You're in the democratic West now, lady. Anybody's as good as anybody else as long as he's got the dough to prove it. — Leslie Ford

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. — Bruce Lee

When you live in a community where people know you, it makes you want to be good and decent. It's a strong influence. — Tawni O'Dell

Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman. — Ezra Taft Benson

In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one. — Pat Boone

It is the duty of a Saint of God to gain all the influence he can on this earth, and to use every particle of that influence to do good. — Brigham Young

A sufficient and sure method of civilization is in the influence of good women. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she was an influence. — Claire Denis

I don't think grandma's a very good influence on us. — Richard Peck

You will never be able to measure your influence for good. — Thomas S. Monson

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. — Henry Ward Beecher

The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation. — Lawrence Reed

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. — Dale Carnegie

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others. — Henry Ward Beecher

Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence. — George Washington

A dog without influence or private means, if he is to make his way in the world, must have either good looks or amiability. — P.G. Wodehouse

Money is either a good or bad influence, according to the character of the person who possesses it. — Napoleon Hill

Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good. — David B. Haight

What is the good of influence if one can only use it on strangers? — Chris Cleave

When leaders lead in ways that people's brains can follow, good results follow as well. — Henry Cloud

The influence of woman will ever be exercised directly in all good or evil. Give her, then, such light as she is capable of receiving. — Sydney, Lady Morgan

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. — S.E. Hinton

Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never. — Bertrand Russell

The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs. — Thomas Sydenham

Women temper men. We have a good influence on them. — Helen Reddy

Ultimate influence is the ability to get the results you want from others while helping them feel genuinely good about themselves. — Bob Burg

God forbid that I should ever be a good influence on anybody. — Robert A. Heinlein

It's strange," he said, "when he was alive, I didna pay him much heed. But once he was dead, the things he'd told me had a good deal more influence. — Diana Gabaldon

We spend our lives striving to be persons of influence and consequence, when all that is required is to consistently do good to others. — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

We are in this world not only for ourselves but for others. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Men and women are different, but if women are good enough to run homes and raise children, then their influence ought to be good for politics. — Teresa Wright

We can influence people for bad or good. — Johnny Hunt

Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives. — William Wordsworth

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer. — Kimberly Willis Holt

I believe in having fun first, and along the way, if you teach people, if you influence people, well and good. — Ray Bradbury

Seeing TVXQ's music and stage makes me feel touched, and they're a very good influence on us. — Taeyang

As we follow that Man of Galilee-even the Lord Jesus Christ-our personal influence will be felt for good wherever we are, whatever our callings. — Thomas S. Monson

A man who has little personality has but little influence for good or otherwise. — Frederick T. Croonborg

A year from today, it will be Good if your life is positively different, but GREAT if your life has made a positive difference on others — Fela Durotoye

The movement of the soul along the path of duty, under the influence of holy love to God, constitutes what we call good works. — Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine

Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good. — A. N. Wilson

Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence. — Nhat Hanh

The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice. — Nina Fedoroff

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. — James E. Faust

Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk ... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away! — Charlotte Alington Barnard

We ought always to try to influence others for good. — L.M. Montgomery

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. — Robert Louis Stevenson