Quotes About Influence

One can be deeply influenced by people to whom one is utterly hostile

ideas generate action when they are believed regardless of whether they are true or not in our opinion

He seems to be making you that way too - enough to tolerate people like him. And once you start tolerating them, you're going to end up being like them yourself.

Given the same circumstances, I could break you down and make you kill someone. It might take different methods from the ones Bruno used on me, but it could be done. What else do you think keeps the totalitarian states going?

One simply cannot concern oneself eight or even five hours a day with nonsense-taken-seriously and not be corrupted by it. The corruption lies in the very habits of thought.

Professors are very great men. They shape the minds of our future.

Oh, well, so 'tis, and we must do all that we can to help the poor dears." Fascinated, Katrina asked, "How? We are ladies. What can we do?" "Queen Maud was a lady! And so was Boadicea, and—and the Queen of Sheba! They managed to get things done, and—" "But were not Queen Maud and Boadicea put to death?" "Oh, dear! Were they?" Gwendolyn wrinkled her brow. "You

It was not so much what Vicki did that night: it was what she said. It was not so much her behaviour: it was her vocabulary!

and the rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart hunger will hold people in the palm of his or her hand

Lincoln apparently never even thought of correcting his son.

gentleness and friendliness were always stronger than fury and force.

the more 'Yeses' we can, at the very outset, induce, the more likely we are to succeed in capturing the attention for our ultimate proposal.

who have the most influence over others and get them to model the behavior you want to promote.

Professor Overstreet's wise advice: First, arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.

We found that happy people tend to be located in the center of their social networks and to be located in large clusters of other happy people. And we found that each additional happy friend increases a person's probability of being happy by about 9%.

How do you think it affected his view of what he could achieve and his level of devotion to the success of his team?

Considero —dijo Schwab— que el mayor bien que poseo es mi capacidad para despertar entusiasmo entre los hombres, y que la forma de desarrollar lo mejor que hay en el hombre es por medio del aprecio y el aliento.

Publilio Syro, señaló: "Nos interesan los demás cuando se interesan por nosotros".

Una vieja y exacta máxima dice que "una gota de miel caza más moscas que un galón de hiel".

Numerous studies have shown that the physical act of smiling, even while on a phone call, actually improves the tone in which your words are conveyed

President Lincoln was a master communicator, and humility was at the heart of all he said.

L'action semble succéder à la pensée, mais, en réalité, l'action et la pensée se produisent simultanément. En menant une action qui est sous le contrôle de la volonté, nous pouvons indirectement gouverner les sentiments qui échappent à son influence.

I found that by getting him to say 'yes, yes' from the outset, he forgot the issue at stake and was happy to do all the things I suggested.

What a difference that made!