Quotes About Influence

the important people in our lives leave imprints. they may die or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart

Fear is a foolish way to control people

Ich bilde schon lange keine Meinungen mehr. Ich sage Dinge, weil sie besser klingen als andere, die ich ebenfalls hätte sagen können.

Kein Philosoph würde ein dickes Buch schreiben, wenn er im Vornherein wüsste, auf welche Weise er später zitiert werden wird.

De staat was als een foute vriend, die alleen iets van zich liet horen als hij iets van je wilde.

The universal aspect of Stoicism is illustrated by the fact that Epictetus, a former slave, was influential on the Stoic reflections of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180).

That is why it would be grotesque to have posters in elementary schools depicting Donald Trump as a hero for the young, rather than people like King, Gandhi, and Mandela.14

on June 20, 1837, the destiny of a nation wheeled, spun, and came to rest on the small frame of an eighteen-year-old girl. A girl who read Charles Dickens, worried about the welfare of Gypsies, adored animals, loved to sing opera, was fascinated with lion tamers, and hated insects and turtle soup; a girl who was bullied by those closest to her until her determination set like concrete; a girl whose heart was wound tight with cords of sentiment and stoicism.

The question is not "Can you make a difference?" You already do make a difference. It's just a matter of what kind of a difference you want to make, during your life on this planet. (Taken from Black and Buddhist, thinking critically and teaching differently in the primary grades by Mary Cowhey)

With two such perfect parents, someone's got to set an example to her of how not to behave. - Cat

To begin, you will recognize that I am to be queen soon and you are not a liberty to tell me what to do, under any circumstance. His eyes widened with surprise. Now, there's a winning scheme if ever I heard one --befriend others by beating them on the head with your scepter.

You cannot imagine the power you possess over me. With a look, a sigh, a smile, you reduce me to nothing but hunger.

You cannot imagine the power you possess over me. With a look, a sign, a smile, you reduce me to nothing but hunger.

If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life.

Mao's great talent lay in turning the Chinese people into slaves, while making them feel like they were the masters of the country…All the world's dictators have studied Mao.

My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.

La realidad no es más que el reflejo de las acciones de los hombres, de manera que la realidad se puede cambiar

Seguramente Nietzsche pensaba en su hermana cuando teorizó sobre el superhombre.

Lo que importa es lo que somos capaces de llegar a ser como personas, no dónde hemos nacido. Nacer en un lugar puede determinar el mundo de las emociones íntimas, los sabores, olores, la música, el paisaje… pero ni quiero ni permito que nada de esto me determine como persona.

Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.

It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world.

When you walk into a room," he said softly, "the air changes.

Stirlings of old had been so damned besotted with their newfound earldom that they couldn't think to put any other name on anything...It was a wonder he didn't drink Kilmartin Tea and sit on a Kilmartin-style chair. In fact, he probably would be doing just that if his grandmother had found a way to manage it without actually taking the family into trade.

It was those eyes as much as anything that had earned him his reputation as a man to be reckoned with. When he stared at a person, clear and unwavering, men grew uncomfortable. Women positively shivered.