Quotes About Influence

From cradle to grave, the Religious Right is concerned about every choice you make.

For decades I've been told by my adversaries in the Religious Right that they only seek a "place at the table" for their Christian worldview—well, their version of Christianity, that is. But evidence has mounted recently that what they really want is something else entirely: to own the table, determine what goes on it, and force-feed everyone the same gruel they consume.

If she got the fifty grand and picked a college that wasn't too far away, I might drop in after she had been there a while to see what effect she was having. It was a cinch that she would have more effect on it than it would have on her.

He'll listen to me because he has to, or fire me, and he can't fire me because then he would never do any work at all and would eventually starve to death.

At the dinner table, and with coffee in the office afterwards, Wolfe resumed on the subject he had started at lunch—Voltaire. The big question was, could a man be called great on account of the way he used words, even though he was a toady, a trimmer, a forger, and an intellectual fop.

It stuck out all over him, one of those born-to-command guys. I never invite them to parties.

The only difference between me and most people is that I'm perfectly aware that all my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything at all. All they do is think up reasons for the decisions that are already made." [ Life magazine, December 10, 1965]

los hombres incapaces de escribir son inofensivos; los capaces, no".

What if you made a positive impact in every conversation?

Life isn't happening to you; life is responding to you. Life is your call! Every area of your life is your call. You are the creator of your life. You are the writer of your life story. You are the director of your life movie. You decide what your life will be – by what you give out.

Whatever feelings you have within you are attracting your tomorrow. Worry attracts more worry. Anxiety attracts more anxiety. Unhappiness attracts more unhappiness. Dissatisfaction attracts more dissatisfaction.

You cannot exercise much power without gratitude because it is gratitude that keeps you connected with power." Wallace Wattles (1860-1911) NEW THOUGHT AUTHOR

The simplest way for me to look at the law of attraction is if I think of myself as a magnet, and I know that a magnet will attract to it.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each one of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) NOBEL PEACE PRIZE–WINNING MEDICAL MISSIONARY AND PHILOSOPHER

Never try to compel others to change; leave them free to change naturally and orderly because they want to; and they will want to when they find that your change was worthwhile. "To inspire in others a desire to change for the better is truly noble; but this you can do only by leaving them alone, and becoming more noble yourself." Christian D. Larson (1874–1954) Mastery of Self

Your whole life is a manifestation of the thoughts that go on in your head.

Be careful of your mood and feelings, for there is an unbroken connection between your feelings and your visible world.

Most people believe that negative situations come from outside of them; they believe that it's either people, circumstances, or events in the world that have caused the negative situations in their life. But nothing is inherently good or bad, as Shakespeare told us: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

Often elections are tipped in favor of the person that the people are really against, because he's getting all the energy and all the focus

Life isn't happening to you – life is responding to you!

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

By Secret Shifters, I mean things that can change your feelings in a snap

Your thoughts and your feelings create your life. It will always be that way. Guaranteed!

Words are very powerful, so when you complain about any person you actually harm your life. It is your life that will suffer. By the law of attraction whatever you think or say about another person, you bring to you.