#influence

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#affect #any #complex #gotten #individuals

People feel that decisions about their jobs, the way their children are educated, how their church functions, and products they buy are made by someone and some place so distant that they can't find anybody to talk to that has any influence over them. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#any #anybody #buy #children #church

But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time. The style of filmmaking and the performances... you don't feel like you're watching a film. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#best #feel #film #filmmaking #i

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand. ↗

— Brooks Adams

#difference #five #hundred #influence #reaches

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ↗

— James Allen

#becomes #calmness #good #greater #his

Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#behave #creation #empathy #how #influences

Naturally, I do things my own way but I'm certainly influenced by my mother's way of doing things. ↗

— Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

#doing #i #i do #influenced #mother

In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#motivational-inspirational #motivational-speaker #inspirational

Music’s the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. There’s always music. If I’m not playing it, I’m listening to it. With my writing…sometimes it inspires a story, sometimes it highlights something I’m working on, sometimes it simply helps me stay in the narrative mood. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#music #narrative #inspirational

Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities. ↗

— Criss Jami

#community #contribution #difference #drift #happiness