Quotes About Influence

Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.

The soul is the seat of the affections, and what a great part of our decisions and actions is influenced by these! There is nothing deliberately sinful about them, mind you. It is just that there is something in us which can go out in natural affection to another person, and which, ungoverned by the Spirit, can influence wrongly our whole course of action.

Let us not argue over our being labeled as either spiritual or carnal. If we are not governed by the Holy Spirit what profit will the mere designation of spiritual be to us? This is after all a matter of life, not of title.

A literary work ... is, during the time one reads it, a friend with whom one has chosen to spend one's time. The question now is, what does this friendship do to my mind? What does this new friend ask me to notice, to desire, to care about? How does he or she invite me to view my fellow human beings?

When teachers are fully successful, they are successful beyond any of their conscious intentions about particular subjects: they make converts, they make souls that have been turned around to face a given way of being and moving in the world.

You're not an artist, you're not a scientist, you're not an intellectual. All that's left to you is politics.

Love is like paint - you can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.

You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

When you're connected to the power of intention, everywhere you go, and everyone you meet, is affected by you and the energy you radiate. As you become the power of intention, you'll see your dreams being fulfilled almost magically, and you'll see yourself creating huge ripples in the energy fields of others by your presence and nothing more.

Do not give attention to what others do or fail to do; give attention to what you do or fail to do

Remember that every use of force, even the smallest, creates a counterforce.

vow to make a difference on a daily basis throughout your life

as you realize that you are responsible for your reactions in any given moment, others will cease to have any power or control over you.

To imagine that Pythagoras, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Michelangelo, Shelley, Shakespeare, Emerson, and so many of those we revere as our teachers and spiritual leaders actually walked on the same ground, drank the same water, watched the same moon, and were warmed by the same sun as I am today intrigues me considerably.

Even if you're older, wiser, and richer than others and have more influence and power than they do, never assume that you know what's best for anyone.

Reread that quote carefully. If you are not the master of yourself, then by this definition you are not free. You do not have to be overtly powerful and exert influence over others to be free, nor is it necessary to intimidate others, nor to try to bully people into submission in order to prove your own mastery.

The Tao advises making yourself as invisible as possible if you truly wish to be an effective leader.

a good man is but a bad man's teacher, and a bad man is but a good man's job.

Living as If Your Life Makes a Difference

having, yet not possessing; working, yet not taking credit; leading without controlling or dominating.

Opinions are of very little value by themselves. It is only what we do with them that makes any difference in the world.

Tus pensamientos son algo que tú controlas y que tiene su origen en ti

There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.