#influence

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist. ↗

— Akhenaton

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Every person's true identity is beautiful, and much of the ugliness we observe in others was put inside of them by external influences. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#personal-identity #prejudices #beauty

Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#influence #psychology #change

You can't change nature, son!" "Change IS nature, dad, the part we can influence. And it all starts when we decide. ↗

— Kitty Richards

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I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre. ↗

— Howard Barker

#aware #dramatists #element #expect #far

There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct – not more in ourselves, it seems, than in circumscribing events, which appear as if leagued together to allow no novelties in the way of amelioration. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

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Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. ↗

— Robert F. Kennedy

#influence #justice #kindness #make-a-difference #oppression

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. ↗

— Margie Warrell

#influence #listening #communication