Quotes About Influence

Sometimes fields that are not competent in the domain take control over it.

Artists agree that a painter cannot make a creative contribution without looking, and looking, and looking at previous art, and without knowing what other artists and critics consider good and bad art. Writers say that you have to read, read, and read some more, and know what the critics' criteria for good writing are, before you can write creatively yourself.

Act always as if the future of the Universe depended on what you did, while laughing at yourself for thinking that whatever you do makes any difference.

To say that the theory of relativity was created by Einstein is like saying that it is the spark that is responsible for the fire. The spark is necessary, but without air and tinder there would be no flame.

it is not your words that persuade me. They are as the tedious buzzing of flies in my ear.

Tus palabras son como un zumbido de moscas en mis oídos

Christians can influence the world for the better again. But it will mean making a commitment to stand by a worldview that current society often rejects and ridicules.

The Power of Influence I've realized that I choose not to spend much time with people who are trying to change me. If they take me on as a project to "fix," I don't respond well. But when they simply enter my life and accept me unconditionally, I become a different person because of their influence.

I might believe some powerful truths, but if those beliefs are only in my head and don't impact the way I live, nothing about my life will draw others to faith.

Influence means living a healthy emotional life in close proximity to others

The deeper an introvert's relationship with God is and the more it grows, the greater the impact he or she will have on others.

Living in hope comes from seeing things the way they really are. It starts with checking our own perspectives before trying to influence the perspectives of others. It's about changing from the inside out.

We are creating a culture, even if it's unintentional. The question is, do we like the culture we are creating?

The leader of an MC needs to be a disciple-maker, not merely an event-organizer.

Above all else, know that good leaders always define their own reality. No one else can build a discipling culture for you—it must begin in your own life and then overflow into the lives of those you lead. You will not be the perfect example, but you can be a living example.

We need leaders who will step out of "managing church" and make discipling others their primary objective.

Almost invariably, any native with enough understanding of the system to bring it down has too much invested in it to want to see it fall,

Leadership was about setting an example.

Steering Trying to persuade tenants to go to a certain neighborhood or preventing them from going to a particular neighborhood.

Individuals should be given every incentive possible to work as a team. If the team's throughput is increased by my helping someone else, that's what I should do. Team velocity matters; individual velocity doesn't.

And that principle can be summed up in three simple words. Thoughts become words!

humans are the species that can most affect other species.

Those who show up in your life do so through an invisible attraction and your tacit approval.

Animals absorb and react to the energy of those they live with.