We all have an impact on the people around us, and sometimes it’s hard to see just how much of an effect we can have. These quotes about influence will remind you of the power you possess to make a difference in the world, one person at a time. They may not seem like much, but with enough small changes, you can create a butterfly effect that can transform the world. So go out and start making a difference today!
Influence Quotes
I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
Beatrix Potter
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer
Your minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you.
Deepak Chopra
The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them – when they feel understood by you – that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.
Stephen Covey
Never underestimate the influence you have on others.
Laurie Buchanan
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Napoleon Hill
The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.
Ken Blanchard
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Margot Asquith
The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.
Deepak Chopra
The purpose of influence is to “speak up for those who have no influence.
Rick Warren
People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.
T. S. Eliot
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren Kierkegaard
Be selective about your external influences. Your multi-dimensional brain is influenced by everything you see, hear, read, smell, touch, feel or say.
Brian Tracy
The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.
Orison Swett Marden
Our level of influence is not the same with everyone.
John C Maxwell
You don’t have to be a ‘person of influence’ to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me.
Scott Adams
Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands – you are the single biggest influence in your life. Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully.
Oprah Winfrey
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives.
Walt Disney
We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered.
Thomas Huxley
For selling is merely persuading another person to accept your service, your product, or your idea. In this sense, everyone is a salesman.
W. Clement Stone
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Whether we like it or not, the reality is that our decisions are influenced by a whole host of factors, many of which lay beyond our conscious awareness and control.
Nathalie Nahai
The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.
Leslie Stephen
Nothing that occurred in your past can have any influence over you except the influence that you allow it to have.
Brian Tracy
It is a pleasure to me people – Who are an influence for good.
Grenville Kleiser
Another major concept is that ‘Thoughts influence emotions, which in turn influence behaviour’.
Dr Harry Barry
Leadership calls for changing people’s behavior. Influencers are those leaders who understand how to create rapid, profound, and sustainable behavior change.
Joseph Grenny
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.
Stephen King
The ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable skill you can learn.
Napoleon Hill
True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.
John C. Maxwell
What you read, how often you read, your interpretation of what you read, and your thoughts and beliefs about reading are all influenced by the people around you and your relationship to them.
Daniel Willingham
Influence and persuasion are two of the most powerful traits that can help you achieve your desired level of success.
Ian Berry
The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them – when they feel understood by you – that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.
Stephen R
A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Adams
The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
So the only way on earth to influence the other fellow is to talk about what he wants and show him how to get it.
Dale Carnegie
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
The humblest individual experts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
Henry Ward Beecher
Be around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant influence.
Jim Rohn
But the person who has technical knowledge plus the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people – that person is headed for higher earning power.
Dale Carnegie
Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
George Eliot
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.
Carl Jung
But Walt Disney’s influence cannot be measured by numbers or encomia. It can only be measured by how thoroughly he reshaped the culture and the American consciousness.
Neal Gable
The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.
Henry Drummond
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
Salvador Dali
Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.
Mikhail Bulgakov
A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Adams
The greatest influence on what we decide to do with tomorrow’s opportunity is not going to be circumstance, but rather what and how we think.
Jim Rohn
Often we don’t realize that our attitude toward something has been influenced by the number of times we have been exposed to it in the past.
Robert Cialdini
Some of the most important decisions I have made might well have never been made or might have been very different if it hadn’t been for the influence of the people in my life. We all need mentors.
Tony Clark
Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands ― you are the single biggest influence in your life. Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully.
Oprah Winfrey
The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready―made opinions into his head.
Leslie Stephen
Each of us should be aware of the energy we are putting out into the world. Are we a positive influence or a negative one.
Laurence Overmire
A woman of wisdom has so much influence. The wise learn from her, and they do not ignore her wisdom at all.
Gift Gugu Mona
Influence is no respecter of education or experience; it goes only with the one who will set aside his status ― be it high and mighty or low and lowly ― and put himself in the place of another.
Dale Carnegie
He who influences the thought of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.
Hypatia
Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.
Steve Jobs
Family and impact come first, income and influence come second as a supporting role.
Richie Norton
Knowledge is not power. You may know many things, but without influence you can’t do anything.
Josh Steimle
Love, and specifically good will, is key to influence. Without it, you can do everything else right and still have no influence. With love, you can do everything else wrong and still make an impact.
Josh Steimle
Your thoughts greatly influence how you feel and behave. In fact, your inner monologue has a tendency to become a self―fulfilling prophecy.
Amy Morin
A great verse can have a great influence on the soul of a language.
Gaston Bachelard
Influencing the world for good starts with service, self―care and specificity in time contribution to family.
Richie Norton
The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation’s future.
F. Sionil Jose
Influence creates affluence. Affluence does not create influence. Affluence makes you more of who you already are.
Richie Norton
Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.
Henry George
You don’t influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader.
Israelmore Ayivor
Strong communicators increase their influence because they are intentional and focused with their language.
Dianna Boohe
Having a title only doesn’t make one a leader; talented people without a title don’t follow blindly, they practice leadership via influence.
Pearl Zhu
Faith doesn’t deny a problem’s existence. It denies a problem a place of influence.
Bill Johnson
Many things go into influence. You must have a vision, develop your skills and abilities, know your audience, and plan, but at some point, you must take action. Without action, you have no influence.
Josh Steimle
Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?
Zig Ziglar
A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.
Jackie Robinson
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
The path to influence starts with your identity. Who you are, and who you become, will determine the impact you make.
Josh Steimle
Parting Words
Influence is a powerful thing. It can make people do things they never thought possible and it can help us achieve our goals. As entrepreneurs and creators, we should be constantly looking for ways to increase our influence with our target audience. As travelers, we should always be looking to set an example for everyone around us and leave an impact on all those we cross paths with.
The quotes we’ve shared in this post offer some great insights into the nature of influence and how to use it to your advantage. What’s your favorite quote about influence? Let us know in the comments. And don’t forget to apply what you learn from these quotes when implementing your next idea – you may be surprised at how well it performs!
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