Quotes About Influence

Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands—you are the single biggest influence in your life.

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world.

A great painter does not content himself by affecting us with his masterpieces; ultimately, he succeeds in changing the landscape of our minds.

no creo que podamos vivir sin imitar a otros, sin querer ser otros.

I tako, što više bojim, ja kao da svijetu kazujem budi i svijet biva iz moje boje krvi. Onaj koji ne vidi, taj pori?e, ali mene ima svuda.

Cumhuriyet kimlerin elinde görüyorsun. Ä°smet PaÅŸa bu adama deÄŸil bakanl?k, ta??s?n diye çantas?n? bile vermez!..

whenever I sense the absence of Western eyes, I become my own Westerner.

Pero su poder sobre mí no procedía de algo exterior, de ser un "centro de poder" ajeno, sino de mi propio deseo de gustar, de ser querido y acariciado. Por eso me resultaba tan interesante el poder que la maestra tenía sobre una clase de 25 personas

It's everywhere, he said. No matter where you go, it grabs you by the collar.

Ka plot të rinj që në një periudhë të caktuar të jetës së tyre, dashurohen nën ndikimin e ndonjë fjale, ndonjë historie, të ndonjë libri të lexuar së bashku; martohen me të dashurat e tyre me të njëjtin gëzim dhe jetojnë të lumtur, pa e kuptuar kurrë këtë iluzion të fshehur pas ethes të tyre dashurore.

Information doesn't change behavior," quips Lisa. "If it did, none of us would smoke and we'd all floss.

You have no more right to go about among your fellows with a vinegar expression an your face, radiating mental poison, spreading the germs of doubt, fear, discouragement and despondency among them, than you have to inflict bodily injuries on them.

Habit works powerfully for or against us. It is a good servant, but a tyrannical master. If

Resolve that you will be the master and not the slave of circumstances.

The best legacy a man can leave his children is the memory and influence of a large, broad, finely developed mentality, a well-disciplined, highly cultured mind, a sweet, beautiful character which has enriched everybody who came in contact with it, a refined personality, a magnanimous spirit.

Character is power, and is the best advertisement in the world.

The things that come from others correspond with what we send to them.

the flashlight of a potent personality of this kind has opened a rift in our lives and revealed to us hidden capabilities.

Even a momentary contact with a character of this kind seems to double our mental and soul powers, as two great dynamos double the current which passes over the wire, and we are loath to leave the magical presence lest we lose our new-born power. On

What do you call the prime requisite of success?" "I shall have to answer that by a somewhat humorous but very shrewd suggestion of another,—select a good mother. Especially for boys, I consider an intelligent, affectionate but considerate mother an almost indispensable requisite to the highest success.

Magnetic personality is intangible. This mysterious something, which we sometimes call individuality, is often more powerful than the ability which can be measured, or the qualities that can be rated. Many

It is a great thing to so carry yourself that when people see you coming, they will say to themselves, 'Here comes a winner! Here is a man who dominates everything he touches.

The world is a looking-glass which flings back to us the reflection of ourselves. If we laugh it laughs back at us. If we shed tears, it reflects a sorrowful face.

You have no more right to go about among your fellows with a vinegary expression on your face, radiating mental poison, spreading the germs of doubt, fear, discouragement, and despondency upon them, than you have to inflict bodily injuries. You have no more right to poison other people's happiness than their bodies.