Quotes about influence

Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in '94' back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet, and he was hotter than ever... just putting out monster hit after monster hit. It totally takes me back to those days, and it makes me smile every time I hear it.

Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much music - in terms of music where mixing desk was the instrument. Central to that is the echo chamber, and I think there's a little bit of a romantic thing there.

My biggest influence is rap. It spoke to me, probably because of my upbringing in Christiania. You listen to 'The Chronic' and you can hear that anger and frustration.

A lot of these guys come up and say, 'Man, you were my influence, the way you thrashed the drums.' They don't seem to understand I was thrashing in order to hear what I was playing. It was anger, not enjoyment - and painful.

One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environment. We are all dealt a certain deck of cards, but our environment can influence the outcomes.

Small unit autonomy, breaking the right rules, cultural influence, and relationship building has always been the heart Special Operations. Something must be done to ensure these are not lost to the big machine of SOCOM.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Dylan's relationship with Johnny Cash was the biggest influence on Nashville in my lifetime - they opened up country music.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

Know your limit and circle of influence you are not called to meet the needs of everyone.

The past does not influence me I influence it.

I think it's pathetic that a court of law cannot be in a vacuum of the legal system, without the influence of the public threatening to do great bodily harm to people and property. It's really a pathetic statement for our country.

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.

Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.

Do more listening than talking talk more about them than about you.

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.

Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.

There isn't a dude outside my dad who had greater influence on my life.

The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.

A house takes on the character of its inhabitants a homeowner takes on the characteristics of the house.

Power lasts ten years influence not more than a hundred.

What gets recognized gets repeated what gets celebrated becomes a habit. Individual recognition and group celebration fuel high performance. Make an effort to compliment people doing something right. There's nothing more fun than celebrating success.

There is nothing in the record of the past two years when both Houses of Congress have been controlled by the Republican Party which can lead any person to believe that those promises will be fulfilled in the future. They follow the Hitler line - no matter how big the lie repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.

Don't be a pepper on the eyes of people Rather be the salt on their tongue and make a difference that influences their sense of belonging to the earth.

Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue but also (as they did not see) a school of vice. It is ambivalent. It makes good men better and bad men worse.

Influence is when you are not the one talking and yet your words fill the room when you are absent and yet your presence is felt everywhere.

We are more than role models for our students we are leaders and teachers of both an academic curriculum and a social curriculum.

The nineteenth century will ever be known as the one in which the influences of science were first fully realised in civilised communities the scientific progress was so gigantic that it seems rash to predict that any of its successors can be more important in the life of any nation.

You don't lead people by what you say to them you lead them by what they see you do. True leaders are self-leaders.

We’re all somebody’s prospect we’re all somebody’s customer.

We are all accountable for our actions their affect and influence on our lives and the lives of others. Understanding the true meaning of accountability makes us strong and enables us to learn

Your local dreams contain global elements think global. On no account should you settle with a crowd when God has called you for multitudes! Dare to dream big!

What people see you do may not be remembered what they hear you say may be forgotten but how they feel your intervention in their times of need will forever be remembered.

The tendency to variation in living beings, which all admitted as a matter of fact; the selective influence of conditions, which no one could deny to be a matter of fact, when his attention was drawn to the evidence; and the occurrence of great geological changes which also was matter of fact; could be used as the only necessary postulates of a theory of the evolution of plants and animals which, even if not at once, competent to explain all the known facts of biological science, could not be sh

They grew up, moulded by the harsh or kindly pressure of their fellows, to be either well nurtured, generous, sound, or mentally crippled, bitter, unwittingly vindictive.

First LawIn every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and enlarges that organ, and gives it a power proportional to the length of time it has been so used; while the permanent disuse of any organ imperceptibly weakens and deteriorates it, and progressively diminishes its functional capacity, until it finally disappears.Second LawAll the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, th

The best teachers are those that can influence even the poorest of all learners.

Consider meekness as a character trait to develop and then you will leave a leagcy as a leader who influenced and touched lives.

I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and to network hate-churches in order to get their way and to rob people of their human rights, and it gives me cold chills.

Leadership isn't about age but rather, leadership is about influence, impact & inspiration.

Your reputation has no duplicate. You are one till the end of time. Once it is damaged, a fresh personality cannot spring from the old one.

If you are sad don't try to influence an environment but if you are happy attempt everyone you can reach.

Those words of hers had meant nothing - you could not dismiss [however] a human being so easily.

Our intimacy with God broadens our influence on earth.

Our relationship with God broadens our opportunities and influence on earth

Our intimacy with God broadens our influence on earth

The dimension of our influence on earth depends on the dimensions of how big we are before God

I find it disturbing that one anthropologist's readings of transcripts are being listened to more seriously than 40 senior health service clinicians.[Referring to Jean La Fontaine's 1994 research paper for the DOH]

Church must lead all other spheres of influence.We find people from all the mountains there.The church leaders must be able to mentor them

Things that are too easily achieved don't inspire anyone.

Thought is yours only. Nobody can alter or influence the use you mean to make of it.

Like Solon, Plato intended to write a long fable about legendary Atlantis; like Solon, he never did write it. Yet there existed beyond the Atlantic an unvisited land, after all, and it is more strange than any of Plato's myths that Plato's apprehension of order and justice should be a living influence among the people of that land, twenty-four centuries after the mystical philosopher's soul departed from Athens.

Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a certain amount of power for good or harm. Every woman, by her virtue or her vice, by her folly or her wisdom, by her levity or her dignity, is adding something to our national elevation or degradation. A community is not likely to be overthrown where woman fulfills her mission, for by the power of her noble heart over the hearts of others, she will raise that

The circularity of influence was like a trail of dominoes falling in four dimensions. Each time one slapped another and fell to the ground, from a different vantage point it appeared knocked upright, ready to be slapped and fall again. Everything was not merely relative, it was--how to put it? --relevant. Representational. Revealing. Referential and reverential both.

The only person, who can influence your life is YOU and it's never too late to recognize your worth.

The eyes of such a nation (living godly) shall view a land that stretches afar. Talking about global influence, authority, dignity and respect.

I will always respect Mr. Charles chuck Mackey for the way he dealt with me. His approach was not hostile, rather his approach was one, “Look here, I’m working with you, so I need you to work with me.” He showed me first that he had my back, and it was easy for me to do the same for him. Mr. Mackey was well known in the entire school as a no-nonsense but fair person. There are some school administrators that aren’t intimidating at all, but with Mr. Mackey, it was totally different. When we saw h

Jefferson could strike up the band even when he was being lazy or fearful.

Communication is defined not by what is being said but by what is being heard. For this reason, it is vital that you gain a good appreciation of how other people will listen—interpret, process, and assign meaning— to what you have to say before you can influence them effectively.

It is safe to assume that any individual or group you wish to influence has access to more wisdom than they currently use. It is also safe to assume that they also have considerably more facts than they can process effectively. Giving them even more facts adds to the wrong pile. They don't need more facts. They need help finding their wisdom. Contrary to popular belief, bad decisions are rarely made because people don't have all the facts.

His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against the survival of the Continental Army.

...originality is little morethan the fine blending of influences.

Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.

We wish to be great but we tend to forget that it can be someone we helped attain greatness that God will use to take us to that place of authority and influence. If it doesn't pay today, surely it'll pay soon.

I am a cypher...I carry no weight, no worth, no influence. I represent nothing. I do not exist.

All human beings wield influence—a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care.

It’s amazing how just dressing differently can affect your influence; dress like a beggar and your assumed poverty gains you looks of contempt; dress in gold-lined robes and people are more willing to accommodate you; sport armour and you look strong, dutiful, and prepared.

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen.

I would not change places with the wealthiest and most influential person in the world. I would rather be a child of the King, a joint-heir with Christ, a member of the Royal Family of heaven!

Your life is intricately woven into the lives of scores and hundreds of others around you. Consider the variety of lives that you influence in one day. Somewhere within your circle of contacts someone is being hurt. Are you aware of it?

Apart from religious influence, the family is the most important unit of society.

God will never lead contrary to His word—so get acquainted with the Word of God, the Bible. Pray. He leads through the illumination of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. Use whatever you have and be faithful. We are called to serve Christ in our sphere of influence.

It doesn’t take great wealth or social influence to be faithful, but it does take obedience and endurance.

The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities.

Salt and light speak of the influence Christians can exercise for good in society.

I think it was a sense of being completely swallowed up by nature that gave the prairie its powerful attraction.There is nothing like it in all of Europe. Even high up on a Swiss glacier one is still conscious of the toy villages below, the carefully groomed landscape of multicolored fields,the faraway ringing of a church bell. It is all very beautiful, but it does not convey the utmost escape. I believe, with the Indians, that a landscape influences and forms the people living on it and that on

Greatness is in influence, and not necessarily in affluence. It is not achieved by being a 'paper millionaire', but by being a 'people millionaire'.

It is because of the Biblical curse on man's search for knowledge, which has so paralyzed his mind during the past ages, and its detrimental effect upon progress, that makes the Bible the most wicked, the most detestable, the most pernicious, and the most obnoxious book ever published. It has been a curse to the human race.It is the duty of every brave and honest man and woman to do everything in his and her power to destroy the influence of this utterly stupid and vicious book, with its infanti

When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing.

If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?

I do not, in short, myself believe it is in the least bit undignified to confess to having been critically influenced in one's thinking by a teacher, or a faculty, or a book; but the accent these days is so strong on atomistic intellectual independence that to suggest such a thing is, as I have noted, highly inflammatory.

There is always something through which things get into our minds. There is always something in mind which does not only control the mind, but also the life we live in totality!

Man must conquer some more territories and to expand the influence of the kingdom to a higher horizon

The author finds any freaking, and remarkably objective, way to estimate religion's influence on American society before the Civil War. The population closely aligned with evangelical sympathies was three or four times the size of the voting population in 1860

You are being discipled by something.

Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.

We the people have more power than we know, and we must learn to use it judiciously.

A modern revolutionary group, explained Abbie Hoffman, headed for the television station, not the factory.

Music is the one place in mass media where kids editorialize to kids.

After 1968 the restored communist regime required all Czech rock musicians to sit a written exam in Marxism Leninism