The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. Ken Blanchard Smiling unknowingly influences how other people will respond to you. Liam Jackson I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations. Beatrix Potter Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach. David McKay The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. Henry Ward Beecher Example is not the main thing