Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.

It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.

Today's youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and influence will last with such abiding affection into their 'sore and yellow' as this splendid man's creations have in mine!

I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think.

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

Never doubt that one person can make a difference.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.

I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.

I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future.

The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.

To a great leader there is no worthy seed.

Some talk change. Others cause it..

To know that someone decades later is still just as impactful as they were when they were alive, we need pioneers like that.

I think our legacy will always be there. My brothers and I have carved a path for all taekwondo players, not just in the U.S.

If you go up on a mountain and scream about change, you better make sure you're ready for people to come.