The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence. --Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
Her finely-touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible…But the effects of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not as ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who have lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. - George Eliot, Middlemarch
The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said. C S Lewis
The influence one man can have on thousands is a never-ending source of wonder to me. ~George S. Patton
Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it's the only thing. - Albert Schweitzer, 1875 - 1965
Sunday, March 02, 2008
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