Quotes About Influence

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.

A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.

The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other minds.

The average person is full of artificial desires, desires that have been suggested by what other people possess or require.

The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.

There is one thing in the world more wicked than the desire to command, and that is the will to obey.

Pop music can play a large part in the way numerous young people determine their right to desire and their need to question.

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.

My first reading of Tolstoy affected me as a revelation from heaven, as the trumpet of the judgment. What he made me feel was notthe desire to imitate, but the conviction that imitation was futile.

I've done lots of pieces on self-esteem and hair. There's a desire to conform, but if the encouragement to be yourself is there from loved ones, you'll find that later, that true self will come out.

If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world, you need to become a person of influence.

Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.

The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature.

Policy changes like what you desire come from our politicians. So let them know what you think.

The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

Every thought is a cause & every condition is an effect. Change your thoughts & you change your destiny.

YOUR WORD IS YOUR WAND. THE WORDS YOU SPEAK CREATE YOUR OWN DESTINY

It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.

The destiny of every human being is decided by what goes on inside his skull when confronted by what goes on outside his skull.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

I wanna rule my destiny.

It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.