Quotes About Influence

The primary way children learn is by copying the behavior of their parents. If you are angry, you are modeling anger for your children. So it should come as no surprise that your son or daughter displays anger the same way you do.

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

Pr?m?rný u?itel vypráví. Dobrý u?itel vysv?tluje. Výborný u?itel ukazuje. Nejlepší u?itel inspiruje.

Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly.

The mind of no man is a unit, but is a community of mental states that influence one another.

Those procedures might include certification by independent practitioners that the patient was terminally ill within the meaning of the relevant law; that the patient had voluntarily requested euthanasia, having been fully informed of the prognostic and palliative facts; that there was no undue influence on the patient from relatives or carers; that there had been a 'cooling-off' period since the request for euthanasia; that the request was signed and duly witnessed; and so on.

More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.

The pretence of resistance to monopoly would always serve them, as it had served them before, as a plausible and popular cry.

They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!

They say this war is a cloud over the land! But they make the weather and then they stand in the rain and say, 'Shit, it's raining!

The single most important factor in determining the climate of an organization is the top executive.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

No matter who you are, some scholar can show you the great idea you had was had by someone before you.

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

In order to be remembered, leave nothing behind but goodness.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.

No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the hearts and minds of his followers.

Leadership is often nothing more than doing the right thing and inspiring others to the same.

Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers.

What constitutes a life well spent, anyway? Love and admiration from your fellow men is all that any one can ask.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. They must, they have no other models.

She thinks your lady-love will rule you as the moon rules the tides.