Best 1875 quotes in «influence quotes» category

How to win in life: 1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow 5 don't let people tell you it cant be done 6 make no excuses

How you choose to live is one of the best indicators of the future you will have.

How you receive and respond to moments determines the quality of your life.

Humility makes you reach out to others for guidance.

Humour, like any life skill, is learnable. If others can learn it, so can you.

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

I am your opus.

I can’t and won’t promise you magic sales fairy dust or the Jedi Mind Trick for salespeople – they simply don’t exist.

{Colonel Carr's testimony of Colonel Robert Ingersoll at his funeral} He was the boldest, most aggressive, courageous, virile, and the kindest and gentlest and most considerate and loving man I ever knew. His was a nature that yielded to no obstacles, that could not be moved nor turned aside by the allurements of place or position, the menaces of power, the favors of the opulent, or the enticing influences of public opinion. Entering upon his career in an age of obsequiousness and time-serving, when the values of political and religious views were estimated by what they would bring from the ruling party and from the church, in offices and emoluments and benefices, he assailed the giant evils of the times with the strength and power of Hercules and ground them to dust under his trip-hammer blows. Throughout his whole active life, there has been no greater and more potential influence than the personality of this sublime character in breaking the shackles of the slave, and in freeing men and women and children from the bonds of ignorance and superstition.

Ideas and dreams are only valuable after they have been acted on.

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.

I don't start riots. I start ideas, influence thought, and incite intelligent actions.

I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of him than I have been. His life and work have been an inspiration to the whole earth, shedding light in the dark places which so sadly needed light. His memory calls forth my most sincere homage, love, and esteem. {Burbank on the great Robert Ingersoll, whom he admired so much that he requested Ingersoll's eulogy for his brother, Ebon Ingersoll, to be read at his own funeral}

I don’t think this kind of thing [satire] has an impact on the unconverted, frankly. It’s not even preaching to the converted; it’s titillating the converted. I think the people who say we need satire often mean, ‘We need satire of them, not of us.’ I’m fond of quoting Peter Cook, who talked about the satirical Berlin cabarets of the ’30s, which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the Second World War.

If customers don’t trust you to help them at the beginning of the sales process, they certainly won’t trust you with their money at the end of it.

If I can reach further, it is by connecting with influential nodes

If he (George Keenan)felt on occasion more than a little uncomfortable when being listened to, then he was truly unhappy when not being listened to.

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]

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.

If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song.

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 we ask the right questions, we can change the world with the right answers.

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

If what you sell doesn’t help me then why are you knocking on my door?

If you are serious about achieving your desired goals, be willing to let go of the small pleasures found in the moment that may sabotage your chances of experiencing true pleasure when the sacrifice is paid.

If you can manage your thoughts and mind, and choose your battles wisely, you can manage your life.

If you can stay focused on your most important goal, you can become incredibly successful, but to stay focused you must intentionally create and maintain an environment, atmosphere, and culture that keeps you focused.

If you can’t find a few minutes every day for yourself, you don’t have a complete life.

If you don’t earn their trust at the beginning, they sure as hell won’t trust you with their money at the end.

If you don’t understand the concept of time or appreciate its value, it’s almost impossible to be successful.

If you don't like something don't protest from a far. Work within it to change it. Otherwise, you'll just be one voice of many rather than a trusted voice of influence.

If you got on your knees and counted all of the blessings, goodness, grace, favour and kindness in your life, you would find that you would exhaust the whole day and will still have more to share.

If you got on your knees to give thanks for the undeserved kindness and mercy in your life, you would be shocked by how rich you truly are.

If you had all the time in the world but your knowledge, wisdom and understanding remained unchanged, your life would remain the same.

If you have influence on other people. Dont be influenced by their hate, money, jealousy, anger and popularity .

If you learn to be grateful and celebrate each day, you have mastered the secret to living.

If your dream is accepted by all, you don’t have a big enough dream. Big dreams challenge the status quo.

If you pay the price for success, you win. If you avoid payment, you lose. It’s really that simple.

If your actions are combined with proper planning and perseverance, there are no heights you cannot attain.

If your actions don't excite, motivate or inspire others to do better, you're doing it wrong.

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.

If you see success as a race, then you will start eagerly with enthusiasm and passion with the hope of finishing quickly but there is much more to your success journey than your duration and speed.

If you sound like a contestant from The Apprentice or if the customer believes that they are being sold AT, you have already failed.

If you submit to your gift, you will become known and influential

If you want to strike, strike now. No matter how skillfully a footballer strikes beyond the 90 minutes' regulated time, he makes no influence. Strike now before it becomes too late!

If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.

If you want to live in abundance, work towards it one day at a time.

If you want to succeed, make it a study first then practice it and finally live it daily.

If you wish to be successful, you have be willing to invest the time, energy, and money necessary to associate with the right people.

If you wish to be and remain successful, invest a minimum of five to ten per cent of your income each month and your time each day on your personal growth and development.