Quotes About Influence

Miremos más que somos padres de nuestro porvenir que no hijos de nuestro pasado

venceréis pero no convenceréis

En esta España de calzonazos —decía— los curas manejan a las mujeres y las mujeres a los hombres...

El hombre nace bueno, es naturalmente bueno; la sociedad le malea y pervierte...

Vinimos de lejos, de muy lejos, huyendo, pero hay cosas que van siempre con uno, que le rodean y envuelven como un ánimo misterioso.

Rol yapmak hepimizin hoÅŸuna gider küçük bey, hiç kimse kendisi deÄŸildir, baÅŸkalar?n?n yarat?lar?d?r.

Para el que no tiene nada, la política es una tentación comprensible, porque es una manera de vivir con bastante facilidad

En el mundo —le dijo Mamá, y el cigarrillo se movía a compás de sus labios como si fuera un apéndice propio— hay personas absorbentes, que creen que sólo lo suyo merece respeto. Huye de ellas, Quico, como de la peste.

Não ser pode ser fraco com os fracos, não se pode prescindir de exercer tudo o que nos cabe de autoridade, seja natural ou apenas "ex officio".

vencereís pero no convencereís

People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media. They are easily manipulated by demagogues, pacified by entertainers, and exploited by anyone who has something to sell.

In an integrated family, each person's goals matter to all others. In

what people enjoy is not the sense of being in control, but the sense of exercising control in difficult situations. It is not possible to experience a feeling of control unless one is willing to give up the safety of protective routines. Only when a doubtful outcome is at stake, and one is able to influence that outcome, can a person really know whether she is in control.

Energy is power, but power is only a means. The goals to which it is applied can make life either richer or more painful.

A person who cannot override genetic instructions when necessary is always vulnerable. Instead of deciding how to act in terms of personal goals, he has to surrender to the things that his body has been programmed (or misprogrammed) to do.

thoroughly socialized person is one who desires only the rewards that others around him have agreed he should long for—

How we feel at any given moment of a flow activity is strongly influenced by the objective conditions; but consciousness is still free to follow its own assessment of the case.

A thoroughly socialized person is one who desires only the rewards that others around him have agreed he should long for—rewards often grafted onto genetically programmed desires.

To the extent that a glamorous ad makes us salivate for the product sold or that a frown from the boss spoils the day, we are not free to determine the content of experience

In John Fletcher's words, "Those have most power to hurt us that we love.

En nuestra vida podemos tener muy poca influencia sobre las fuerzas que interfieren en nuestro bienestar.

Since what we experience is reality, as far as we are concerned, we can transform reality to the extent that we influence what happens in consciousness and thus free ourselves from the threats and blandishments of the outside world.

Our perceptions about our lives are the outcome of many forces that shape experience, each having an impact on whether we feel good or bad.

The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments. And