"Leadership is influence. No more, no less." John Maxwell

"Colour is a power which directly influences the soul." Wassily Kandinsky

"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 (Dilbert)

"He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without diminishing mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me." Thomas Jefferson

"Just remember, there's a right way and a wrong way to do everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way." Colonel Potter, M*A*S*H

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill." Buddha

"If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm." Bruce Barton

"There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
George M. Adams

"The most potent muse of all is our own inner child." Stephen Nachmanovitch

"Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself." Thomas J. Watson

"You are not here merely to make a living. you are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand." Woodrow Wilson

“I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890-1969)

"Toss in a stone and begin your own ripples of influence." Joy Cooper