Influence Quotes - Page 8

The concept of leadership is abused by people who think a person becomes a leader when he grows grey hair, put into a position and expected to function. Everyone has a leadership potential carried within in a specific area of his or purpose. Leadership is universal and built on trust.

What is the good of influence if one can only use it on strangers?

In relationships, always strive to give more than you take -- that's how you make a bigger impact.

Be a history maker

A good example is the best gift you can offer to your children. In your absence, your example is present, which means you are present always!

Dexter Morgan is more like disguise and influence... and everything = fake.

As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become the scientist's responsibility to become aware of the social relations and applications of his subject, and to exert his influence in such a direction as will result in the best applications of the findings in his own and related fields. Thus he must help in educating the public, in the broad sense, and this means first educating himself, not only in science but in regard to the great issues confronting mankind today.

We are shaped by what we're saturated in, which is why incarnation must always be paired with devotion.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. Most people enjoy those rare moments when others make them feel important. It is one of the deepest human desires.

As the second decade of the twenty-first century has worn on, politicians of all stripes, aware of the political power of the unmarried woman yet seemingly incapable of understanding female life outside of a marital context, have come to rely on a metaphor in which American women, no longer bound to men, are binding themselves to government.

Beauty is an influence based off of judgment.

You will only have influence and power in the field of your gifts and talents

The internet and online communication is the window into your world - but real life, in person communication / connection is the door.

To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

I can’t and won’t promise you magic sales fairy dust or the Jedi Mind Trick for salespeople – they simply don’t exist.

I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and to network hate-churches in order to get their way and to rob people of their human rights, and it gives me cold chills.

I thought it best to add nothing further, to let the line of his thought lead him to his own conclusions.

Do you know why I am unstoppable? It is because I decide my stopping line. ~ Aarush Kashyap

Our relationship with God broadens our opportunities and influence on earth

Influence is independent of numbers. Influencing positive change in one person is still influence.

I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.

My own personality, which was molded by the furnace of time and circumstances… strengthened by the touchstone of varied experiences, has changed a bit due to the benevolence and graciousness of people around me but I have never felt trapped in the nets of influence.

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

People are more willing to change based on their perceived insecurities than by an attack on their beliefs.

It doesn’t take great wealth or social influence to be faithful, but it does take obedience and endurance.

Church must lead all other spheres of influence.We find people from all the mountains there.The church leaders must be able to mentor them

Numerous times throughout history, a single person has made a tremendous impact on the world. I don’t know why anyone would think that can’t still happen.

Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you.

Influence is like the lottery, you have to be in it to win it

You're in the democratic West now, lady. Anybody's as good as anybody else as long as he's got the dough to prove it.

Bling" is not an indication of riches. It is a product of value-based spending, to enrich the pockets of those outside of ones sphere of influence...the haves' bleeding the have-nots'.

If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.

Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.

They grew up, moulded by the harsh or kindly pressure of their fellows, to be either well nurtured, generous, sound, or mentally crippled, bitter, unwittingly vindictive.

Writers are influenced by their upbringing and experiences. But they are also influenced by the writings of others, the major historical events of their times and the great public and literary figures to whom they are exposed.

Perspective alone can make an experience positive or negative, but regardless of which you let it become, it can only have as much power over your outlook on life as you give it.

If he (George Keenan)felt on occasion more than a little uncomfortable when being listened to, then he was truly unhappy when not being listened to.

The political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. – Calvin Coolidge

Keep those that influence you for the better close and never give them a reason to keep you far away.

You don’t miss great leaders because their impacts and footprints are always staring at you in the face.

Our hatred of government is not caused mainly by government's goals, whatever their wisdom, but by government's techniques." Philip Howard

Tweet others the way you want to want to be tweeted.

Real men don't dance to other people's tune, instead, they play for others to dance.

True leadership can only be achieved when one looks within oneself and commits to authenticity. It gives us the courage to stand at the front and influence others to willingly follow; it gives us the courage to learn, inspire, demand the best and shape the future.

Sculley found Jobs as memorable as his machine. " He seemed more a showman than a businessman. Every move seemed calculated, as if it was rehearsed, to create an occasion of the moment.

Confrontation was the stuff of daily life.

The density of your destiny is the product of the mass of your visions and the volume your impacts occupy!

It is as simple as that. Birds fly because they have wings and so when you can’t grow the wings, you can’t be called a bird. Leaders make impacts because they create new ideas and so if you can’t think of any new innovative ideas, you can’t be a leader.

...originality is little morethan the fine blending of influences.

Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues of one's behaviour.

What people can get you or do for you will never replace a person that will influence you to be a better person.

There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?""Are you a young lady?""I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated.

Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.

Led Zeppelin created their music from a diet of Bert Jansch, Memphis Minnie, John Fahey, Billy Fury, Phil Spector, Richard 'Rabbit' Brown, Moby Grape, Manitas De Plata and Om Kalsoum. Those who came afterwards were content with a diet of Led Zeppelin, which is not the same thing at all.

Your message, your ministry, your influence is built from your flaws. People relate to HUMANITY...not perfection.

The only person, who can influence your life is YOU and it's never too late to recognize your worth.

Our call to action is to be in the flow of life, accepting life as it is and as it comes. We must allow life to be life in all its impermanent grandeur. Nothing remains the same, and those who fight change, or are in denial of it, create chaos within their own lives and the lives of those they have influence over.

What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others - status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor's tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]

I guarantee it will change your life, but only because everything does, however small.

Everybody sells something to somebody every day, whether it’s a product, a service or just a case of making sure that they get their own way.