Rev. L. Goodwin
QUOTES ON INTEGRITY & CHARACTER
“If you tell white lies be careful that you do not become colour blind.”-Anon
“The best way to avoid lying is to do nothing that needs to be concealed.”-Anon
A minister was disturbed one day to see a group of boys surrounding a stray dog. He went up to them & asked them what they were doing. They said that they were holding a competition. The boy who told the worst lie would be able to keep the dog. The minister was horrified by this & told them that when he was their age he would never have dreamed of doing such a thing. One of the boys sadly stated “Well that’s it boys, it looks like he wins the dog!”-Anon
“The ability to lie is a liability.”-Anon
“Most of us would rather be ruined by flattery than edified by rebuke.”-Anon
“A slanderer is a guy who says things behind your back he wouldn’t say to your face; A flatterer is a guy who says things to your face he wouldn’t say behind your back.”-Anon
QUOTES ON INFLUENCE
“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
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” Napoleon Hill
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” Soren Kierkegaard
“Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate toward some goal which they come to find desirable.” Ordway Tead
“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.” Albert Einstein
