Terry Goodkind Quotes

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.

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

I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.

I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative.

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

For some reason in today's society, people look up to football players and you have a voice. And it's because of that voice you have the opportunity to impact people's lives.

People need heroes, in music and every aspect of life.

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

Anything you can do to help someone, I just think it's so important because there's a lot of kids that look up athletes of all size and shapes in a lot of different fields, not necessarily in the basketball field. They get involved emotionally with those people because there's something about certain athletes that people rally around.

I'm happy to be for people what Scarface, Ice Cube, and Rakim have been for me.

I have to say that it's fun to write for young girls, and it's exciting to know that we're influencing them and they're looking at us like, 'I want to grow up and be like them.' I mean, I just made up the person saying that.

The greatest are an inspiration for all the kids who wake up early in the morning. Everyone watches you, is inspired by you and wants to be you. So you influence society. That's what being more than an athlete means. I want more kids to have that opportunity. I want everybody to start with the same chance.

I'm just inspired by different people, friends around me.

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.

I think we want to be around people that kind of push us and inspire us and maybe teach us.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

Model the behavior you wish more people would display. Lead first.

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.

Sometimes it's the people you can't help who inspire you the most.

I know that people look at my life and ask, "How can I achieve some of those things?" So, I suppose in that sense, yes, I'm a role model. But I try to think of myself more as a mentor, as somebody who I hope young people feel comfortable approaching or writing to.

People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives.

There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die.

People see me doing something so all of the guys from my walk of life feel like if he can do it, I can do it. That just keeps spreading and spreading and spreading.

I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.

The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others.