Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.

The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

There are people whose feelings and well-being are within our influence. We can never escape this fact.

The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.

Choose your friends carefully. It is they who will lead you in one direction or the other.

Everything we do affects other people.

If what I say or what I do affects others who look up to me as a role model, that pleases me so much.

Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.

Who are your friends and supporters and how do they influence you? That's part of public concern about character.

You see how powerful some of the things you say and you do can be on people, especially young people.

What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.

One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community, who do their work creditably and accept individual responsibility, are building the common future.

A good friend and a bad friend are like a perfume-seller and a blacksmith: The perfume-seller might give you some perfume as a gift, or you might buy some from him, or at least you might smell its fragrance. As for the blacksmith, he might singe your clothes, and at the very least you will breathe in the fumes of the furnace.

I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.

Your life is about everyone whose life you touch, and it is about the way in which you touch them.

Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue, but also (as they did not see) a school of vice. It is ambivalent. It makes good men better and bad men worse.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

Influence is exerted by every human being from the hour of birth to that of death.

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.

Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have a positive influence in their community.

I wonder what it's like to have that much power over a boy. I don't think I'd want it - it's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands.

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

We are always impacting the world...through our presence, energy, interactions - what kind of impact are we having?

I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.