1. influence - Noun
2. influence - Verb
A flowing in or upon; influx.
Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs.
Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.
Induction.
To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops. Henry Adams
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own. Livy
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain
Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred. Korean Proverb
The mind is free and the slightest thought has great influence. It is therefore important that you think enlightened thoughts. Moroccan Proverb
To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well and is as essential to all true conversation. Chinese Proverb