Quotes about Influence

Men do not attract what they want, but what they are.

A precise educate of thought endured in, be it right or awful, can not fail to supply its effects at the character and instances. A man cannot without delay select his occasions, but he can pick his mind, and so in a roundabout way, but surely, form his situations.

Circumstances don't shape us, so much as they reveal us. As the masters of our thoughts, we are the authors of our environments. As the sole gardener of your own mind, you have more power than any other force in shaping your environment and your destiny.

he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

We do not attract what we want but who we are.

A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

putting himself right he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

mente es el poder maestro que modela y fabrica, y el hombre es mente, y eternamente toma la herramienta que es pensar,  y, modelando lo que desea, lleva adelante un millar de alegrÃ

Composer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet, sage, these are the makers of the after-world, the architects of heaven. The world is beautiful because they have lived; without them, labouring humanity would perish.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.