Counteractive Influence Quotes

HOPE - Without a single thought it battles through adversity, coercion and the jaundiced attitudes of others and mercilessly evades our own counteractive and sometimes inherent blindness ~ Michael Khatkar

There is no influence like the influence of habit. ~ Gilbert Parker

You were born to influence, you were called to influence, your existence is a great influence to all nations. ~ Euginia Herlihy

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind. ~ Jean-Michel Basquiat

Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives. ~ Johnny Hunt

The only enduring influence we have to offer others is the influence God has in our own lives. ~ Mel Lawrenz

Reduce the influence of religion upon your life. ~ Sunday Adelaja

It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway's influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still. ~ Arthur Phillips

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you. ~ Rick Warren

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. ~ Stephen King

The past does not influence me; I influence it. ~ Willem De Kooning

A literary influence is never just a literary influence. It's also an influence in the way you see everything - in the way you feel your life. ~ Thom Gunn

The stewardship of influence. What have you done with influence? ~ Johnny Hunt

The Israelis have a lot of influence with Congress, and in some cases they are able to buy influence. ~ Zbigniew Brzezinski

The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence. ~ Jon Fishman

R Stevie Moore was obviously a huge influence and is still a very big influence in my life. ~ Ariel Pink

Influencers influence people and the people who they influence. ~ Johnny Hunt

Your influence on others is your net worth, treat it as such. ~ Peprah Boasiako

It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. ~ Frank Sinatra

Influence is the new power - if you have influence, you can create a brand. ~ Michelle Phan

Mantovani was a great influence on me. ~ Brian May

We were meant to influence the world, not have the world influence us. ~ Monica Wright

I really don't see any influence of my work on any artists. But I do think I've had an influence on drawings' being shown. I've had an influence on the economics of it. ~ Raymond Pettibon

While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence. ~ John C. Maxwell

Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action. ~ S.D. Gordon

Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them. ~ Charles R. Swindoll

But I am influenced by the world that says I influence it. The world I live in is my influence. ~ Kenzo Takada

The influence of mystery is the greatest influence. ~ Paul Caponigro

When marketers influence habits, they influence peoples' self-identity. And so when a group or company does something that doesn't correspond to our core values, it feels like a betrayal. ~ Charles Duhigg

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Keep the weeds of negative influence from your life. 'Farm' the seeds of constructive influence. ~ Jim Rohn

With 'Brick' there was the Dashiell Hammett influence, and with 'Brothers Bloom' there was a really strong Fellini influence - both those movies wore that on their sleeve. ~ Rian Johnson

A pleasing personality helps you win friends and influence people. Add character to that formula, and keep those friends and maintain that influence. ~ Zig Ziglar

The key to leadership remains influence. What kind of a leader are you and how do you deliberately model your leadership to achieve desired impact on those you influence or you seek to influence? ~ Archibald Marwizi

In many instances, the words "sell" and "influence" are completely interchangeable. ~ Chris Murray

If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway. ~ Edward Bernays

Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence. ~ Samuel Johnson

I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings. ~ Matt Sharp

You are the single biggest influence in your life. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Serving people is the best way to earn influence. ~ Jeff Goins

We can influence the future but not see it. ~ Stewart Brand

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life. ~ Tom Glavine

Restrain from someone because they are a bad influence and not because they are different from you. ~ DON SANTO

Never underestimate the influence you have on others. ~ Laurie Buchanan

Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me. ~ Maya Angelou

Is he under the influence or something? ~ CM Punk

Your personal brand determines the kind of leadership influence you'll provide. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

If we spend most of our time concerned about things we cannot truly directly influence, what we can influence will be reduced. If we spend our energies on those things over which we can expect positive results, we will expand our influence. ~ Stephen Covey

Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor. ~ Steve McConnell

Voroshilov was a striking figure, with a great deal of influence among the workers, so that the degree of influence of the committee on the workers and its success as regards recruitment depended primarily on him. ~ Kliment Voroshilov

The persecution of genius fosters its influence. ~ Tacitus

The influence of a vital being vitalizes. ~ Joseph Campbell

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character. ~ Stephen Covey

So the only way on earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it. ~ Dale Carnegie

We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators in contemporary society and an increasing influence on all the children followed in 'Child of Our Time.' ~ Robert Winston

Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organization? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain. ~ John C. Maxwell

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures. ~ Carroll Quigley

My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have. ~ August Wilson

Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians. ~ Paul Watson

Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you asleep, while your conduct is exerting such an influence? ~ Charles Grandison Finney

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother. ~ Sarah Josepha Hale

Power gives you influence in the world; love gives you influence in the universe. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I endeavor to make a picture, for instance, exert a positive influence on the observer by its coloring, mood, and compositional idea, encouraging, say, activation, tranquilization, concentration, or harmony ... ~ Max Bill

If you can influence the outcome, do the work.
If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction. ~ Seth Godin

What books didn't influence me? If only someone would ask that! I've been waiting for years to answer it. Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand, I will say, had absolutely no influence on me except to cause hours of incredulous boredom. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose. ~ Epictetus

No man has any influence or power for good when angry. ~ J. Golden Kimball

Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people. ~ Abraham Zaleznik

How accidental our existences are, really, and how full of influence by circumstance. ~ Louis Kahn

'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read. ~ Adrian Tomine

Influence is the single most important skill you can master in your lifetime. ~ Tony Robbins

The orbs create feedback loops that can influence either personal of employee behavior. ~ David Rose

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others? ~ Zig Ziglar

Ur level of influence is not the same with everyone. ~ John C. Maxwell

If your lives connect with other people you have influence. ~ Johnny Hunt

Influence is having people follow you because of what you represent, ~ Paul Larsen

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation. ~ Albert Einstein

Land surveying has been a positive influence on my life, and I'd encourage anyone who hasn't considered it to give it a chance! ~ Mark Mason

A fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence. ~ Saul Bellow

I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me. ~ Zola Jesus

The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously. ~ Russ Feingold

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them. ~ Ivan Lendl

The only real influence I've ever had is myself. ~ Edward Hopper

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind ~ Benjamin Franklin

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence. ~ Samuel Johnson

I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me. ~ D'Brickashaw Ferguson

The best teachers are those that can influence even the poorest of all learners. ~ Kim Panti

Salt and light speak of the influence Christians can exercise for good in society. ~ Billy Graham

The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation. ~ Lawrence Reed

Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Under its influence, ordinary songs take on dimensions and powers, like emotional superheroes. ~ Kate Christensen

Be a source of influence to others ~ Sunday Adelaja

My mother was the biggest influence on me, without question. ~ Troy Glaus

With great influence comes great responsibility. ~ Melanie Iglesias

There is eternal influence and power in motherhood. ~ Julie B. Beck

To have a positive influence on someone's life is a blessing. ~ Unarine Ramaru

'No' puts distance between you and the wrong influence. ~ Jim Rohn

Cheerfulness has a directly beneficial influence upon health. ~ Grenville Kleiser

The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. ~ Norwood Russell Hanson

We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere of influence. ~ Edward Snowden

My main influence are the other members of the Royal Art Lodge, we've drawn together enough that we can't help but influence each other. ~ Marcel Dzama