influence Quotes

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.

Fate of empires depends on the education of youth

A person's life persuades better than his word.

Most people are naturally more influenced by fear than by respect, and they avoid evil more because of the punishment it brings than because it's wrong.

Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions; music has thus the power to form character, and the various kinds of music based on various modes... ...

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.

Youth should be kept strangers to all that is bad, and especially to things which suggest vice or hate. When the five years have passed away, during the two following years they must look on at the pursuits which they... ...

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

Looking good in person is a better recommendation than any reference letter.