Best 140 quotes in «charisma quotes» category

Because their example is powerful, they're somewhat responsible for the weaklings who copy them.

Berg was proud of his storytelling to the point where he collected stories about telling stories.

Bernard of Clairvaux shared with Goethe and Balzac the art of charging narratives with his own charisma (and this is probably the only context in which those three names can be mentioned in one breath). On the surface self-representation was not the purpose of such narratives; they presented themselves as fiction or as commentaries on scripture. Let me suggest the word 'autography' to describe the process. 'Autography' is writing yourself into your own composition, not by describing yourself, but by infusing your own presence into it. The reader feels your presence, but sees someone or something else.

But I don't believe I see Valentine Morgenstern. I hear he has charisma enough to draw birds out of trees and convince them to live under the sea, is tall, devastatingly handsome, and has white-blond hair. None of you fits that discription." Magnus paused. "And you don't have white-blonde hair either.

But charisma only wins people’s attention. Once you have their attention, you have to have something to tell them.

Deacon was good, too-almost as good as me. His charisma draws people in, even if it's only a facade.

Charisma without character is postponed calamity.

Charisma is the fragrance of soul.

Confident Assured Posture: Foundation of Powerful Style

David was "a star, the Elvis of the Bible." An unusually for such a rockstar with his lust for power, lust for women, lust for life, he had humility of one who knew his gift work harder than he ever would.

Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneous without in fact being spontaneous.

Disequilibrium is often instigated by the will to power, a sleepless drive in the human personality to control others, to force them to do what one wants, or not to do what one opposes.

Excuse my charisma, vodka with a spritzer. Swagger down pat, call my shit Patricia. Young Money militia and I am the commissioner. You don't want start Weezy 'cause the F is for finisher So misunderstood but what's a world without enigma?

For Ibsen, gusto forgives almost everything.

For Jack Kennedy, who only made campaigning LOOK easy, it was, in fact, anything but.

For know you, child, I have that faculty which is better than any one sense, better than a perfect body, better than courage and will, better than experience, ordinarily the best product of the longest lives—the faculty divinest of men, but which”—he stopped, and laughed again, not bitterly, but with real zest—“but which even the great do not sufficiently account, while with the herd it is a non-existent—the faculty of drawing men to my purpose and holding them faithfully to its achievement, by which, as against things to be done, I multiply myself into hundreds and thousands.

Good posture is important for health reasons, as well as for your appearance, because it reflects your personal attitude.

(...) Clay knew better. He and Gabriel had been friends for thirty-five years, and Gabe had been talking him into doing recklessly stupid shit for damn near all of them. He was a charismatic craftsman: every heart a furnace, every soul a blade.

Good posture is the correct alignment of body parts supported by the right amount of muscle tension.

Good posture can be beneficial to your health.

Healthy posture is based on natural positions that balance and support your skeletal system’s curves and weight-bearing abilities against the force of gravity.

Great romantics are granted lots of slack.

He couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner.

He called himself Jack, a plain handshake of a name, a far cry from the Clive Staples he had been christened, and to be Jack was the hard work of a lifetime.

He could be as memorable an orator as his father, particularly when he was speaking on that topic that had captured his imagination;

Her beauty was not a physical trait. Her beauty was an influence you fell under - like a stiff drink or a line of sweet flour - infusing you with bravery and wit and affability that you never knew existed inside of yourself until she coaxed it out.

He had the charm of all people who believe implicitly in themselves, that of integration.

He knew not only WHAT to wear, but HOW to wear it.

Don't look like loser, if possible pretend like a winner.

Henry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy White

He was the rarest of things, a Republican with sex appeal.

He was not a warm person, but he seemed to be, which in politics was more important.

He would never need a knife to spread a pat of butter on his toast. That smile would quickly melt it.

Holy terror is rather fear of oneself, fear of oneself and in the world. It is also fear of punishment. Without this necessary fear, charisma is not possible. To live without this high fear is to be terror oneself, a monster. And yet to be monstrous has become our ambition, for it is our ambition to live without fear. All holy terror is gone. The interdicts have no power. This is the real death of God and of our own humanity. It is out of sheer terror that charisma develops. We live in terror, but never in holy terror.

I can see that spark coming back when he talks about the future.

Human beings remember "firsts"- the first time something happens, or the begining of an experience- and we tend to remember "lasts" as well. So when you are about to make a critical/negative delivery , start your criticism with a positive begining, it will affect the rest of the experience. Start by giving them solid ground to stand by expressing the fact that you value them and they matter. Once they are reassured of their own worth, people will accept your comments far more easily and they'll get less defensive.

If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

If people like you, you're worth much to them. If people desire you, you're worth more to them. If people need you, you're worth everything to them. Make people like you, and they will go ten extra steps for you. Make them admire you, and they will go a hundred steps for you. Make them love you, and they will go a thousand extra steps for you. Make them adore you, and they will go a million extra steps for you.

If people like you, you're worth much to them. If people desire you, you're worth more to them. If people need you, you're worth everything to them. Make people like you, and they will go ten extra miles for you. Make them admire you, and they will go a hundred extra miles for you. Make them love you, and they will go a thousand extra miles for you. Make them adore you, and they will even go a million extra miles for you.

I had to wonder, though, if there's something about a murderer, particularly a confident one, that gives him a certain charisma or charm that I, in particular, am susceptible to. I mean, there's a reason more women are attracted to Dracula than repelled by him. I made a resolution to myself. From now on, I'd assume that every man I was attracted to was a murderer until proven otherwise. Perhaps it wasn't the most promising strategy for starting a relationship, but I might live longer.

I have not done enough for effect." Horace Greeley

I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.

In Martin Luther's life and behavior is very courteous and friendly, and there is nothing of the stern stoic or grumpy fellow about him. He can adjust to all occasions. In social gathering he is gay, witty, ever full of joy, always has a bright and happy face, no matter how seriously his adversaries threatening him. One can see that God's strength is within him. – Petrus Mosellanus

It does not take the striking pose of a high-fashion model or the strict stance of someone in uniform to earn respect and admiration.

I decide that I like the idea of Liz as a dragon. One of my favorite storybooks was about goodluck dragons, how their arrival always means something wonderful lies ahead. If that's true, then, as far as I'm concerned, Liz can spit as much fire as she wants. And if I stand near enough to it, maybe I'll glow a little, too.

It’s is good you are about something. But wait and ask, “why and how?”. Without “whys and hows”, not every energetic movement can be called progress.

It was a wonderful combination for a reporter, the exterior so comforting, the interior so driven.

...it was one of his more charming and less murderous, conspiring qualities.

He was a man with a chest, and he wanted to give thoughtful expression to the passion of his heart.

It is still relevant today to project a confident image through good body posture.