Influencing People Quotes

Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people.

A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. . . . The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.

You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people – especially children.

I hope to inspire people, influence people.

The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.

Your reputation is what influences people to think, feel and talk about you the way they do.

(Because being assaulted with maxi pads is a great way to win friends and influence people.)

If I had the ability to influence people all over the world just by speaking or writing, one of my objectives would be find out how America became special and then tell everybody.

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.

Influencers influence people and the people who they influence.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.

Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

Become genuinely interested in other people.

If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.

arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.

Try honest to see things from the other person's point of view.

Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.

The only way on Earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world. Music and movies. That's what's exciting about what we do, the fact that it's so global. It brings people together. People don't have to understand the language to laugh at actors. They're going to laugh even though they don't understand what they're saying. Cause they're seeing it.

The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.

Leadership is the ability to influence people and motivate them to do what needs to be done to accomplish a goal, vision, or mission.

The ability to connect and influence people, that's the job of a leader. And we're all leaders at some level.

It is more important to influence people than to impress them.

I just know I want to be an example of what I believe in. I want to influence people. People that are young.

Prison Notebooks gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will voluntarily support the hegemony.

I have no reason to influence people. I just want to have it all for myself. I just want someone to pat me on the back. (laugh) It's crazy. It seems just completely ridiculous. I don't know why. I mean, three years ago, I wouldn't be able to influence my dog to walk.

Influence people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.

Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.

I don't want to go crazy pretending to be someone all the time. But at the same time, if I have the ability to influence people, and we have X amount of energy in the day, it's not even our option anymore - it's our duty to do something positive in the world.

As an artist I write about the world I want to live in. And as a musician and someone who is in the public eye, I think you have this responsibility to influence people. So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That's purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.

Nothing influences people more than are commendation from a trusted friend.

The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power of thought influences people even at a distance, because mind is one as well as many. The universe is a cobweb; minds are spiders.

I always try to see things with children's eyes. Are they happy? Sad? What do they need? Everywhere I went, I realized that children are society's victims ... We have a duty to speak to political leaders, to influence people to give these children a better future.

Always make the other person feel important.

You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

Stop worrying and start living.

I have on my bookshelf a series of books with opposite titles: 'The Alpha Strategy' and the 'Omega Strategy'; 'Asia Rising' and 'Asia Falling'; 'Free to Choose' and 'Free to Lose'; 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' and 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.' Visitors love the collection.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

I would like the [film] industry to be more aware of what they're doing to influence people for good and for bad. There's no doubt that we're affected by our environment

Many media commercials encourage us to believe that if we buy a certain product, we can be physically appealing, or popular, or successful. According to the commercial message, it may be easy to make friends and influence people if we simply do what we're told to do. It would be wonderful if that were true, but unfortunately life does not seem to work that way. What is inside of us can be much more important and influential than what is outside.