“My mother's influence to take on new challenges and do what I though was right even though sometimes the consequences politically speaking were not good. My mother was vivacious, she was full of life, she got up every morning looking forward to the day, trying to figure out what she could do that was innovative and unprecedented and maybe controversial.” TryingSometimesMotherChallengesMorningInfluenceFiguresConsequenceEvery MorningLooking ForwardInnovativeControversialUnprecedentedNew ChallengesVivacious Author:Jimmy Carter
“Through exploitation of its influence over global financial affairs, the United States has been able to cover the costs of its hegemonic position, preserve a false domestic prosperity, and mask the consequences of its relative political and economic decline.” Has BeensStatesAblePoliticalUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceEconomicPositionCostConsequenceAffairFinancialProsperityPreservesMaskRelativeDeclineExploitation Book:The Political Economy of International Relations Source: The Political Economy of International Relations
“Three scenarios for post-Kyoto emissions reductions indicate that ... the long-term consequences are small... The influence of the Protocol would, furthermore, be undetectable for many decades.” LongThreeTermInfluenceConsequenceDecadesPostsLong TermScenariosReductionEmissionsProtocolKyotoKyoto Protocol Author:Tom Wigley
“Among all the many great transitions that have marked the evolution of Western civilisation ... there has been only one-the triumph of Christianity -that can be called in the fullest sense a "revolution": a truly massive and epochal revision of humanity's prevailing vision of reality, so pervasive in its influence and so vast in its consequences as to actually have created a new conception of the world, of history, of human nature, of time, and of the moral good.” WorldHumansHas BeensRealityHumanityMoralChristianityVisionInfluenceHuman NatureRevolutionEvolutionConsequenceWesternTriumphMassiveConceptionTransitionCivilisationPrevailingRevision Author:David Bentley Hart
“The modern concept of separation is an argument for a total separation of religion from the state. The consequence of the acceptance of the doctrine leads to the removal of religion as an influence in civil government.” StatesGovernmentChristianReligiousInfluenceModernAcceptanceConceptsConsequenceArgumentSeparationDoctrineRemoval Author:Francis Schaeffer
“... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.” HumansActionForceMoralInfluenceMoralityConsequencePhysicsCeaseHuman Actions Author:Tennessee Celeste Claflin
“No matter how frustrated you may feel, there is always a way out. In every situation that arises, we choose to be powerful or powerless. It may not always feel like it, but it is a choice. And there are consequences for these choices in terms of the results we get, and the subsequent increase or decrease in our power and influence. If we choose powerlessness, it is often because we doubt there is any other option.” IfsWayFeelsMayMatterChoicesTermResultsPowerfulSituationDoubtInfluenceConsequenceIncreaseAriseFrustratedPowerlessDecreasePowerlessnessThere Is Always A Way Author:Blaine Lee Pardoe
“Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today.” PeopleTryingMindHumansHeartTodayIndividualCommunityChanceLevelsEffortSupportInfluenceBuildingTerribleConflictConsequenceHatredStructureDialogueIndifferenceHumankindIntoleranceNegotiationHeart And MindOngoingConfidence Building Author:Nelson Mandela
“We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has tremendous consequences. One woman can make a great difference for a whole nation.” WholeNationsDifferencesInfluenceConsequenceSubtleOne WomanGood WomanUnderrated Author:James E. Faust
“Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference ... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm.” IfsMindMayEnoughCharacterWould BeEvilInfluenceWorstCircumstancesConsequenceImpressionFirmOver ItResolutionIdleWoeFortitudeInterferenceStrength Of MindIndecisiveHim And Her Author:Jane Austen
“The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word all the time, and I think behind it lurk some really extraordinary taboos and confusions. What I want to argue tonight is that how we talk about belief- how we fail to criticize or criticize the beliefs of others, has more importance to us personally, more consequence to us personally and to civilization than perhaps anything else that is in our power to influence.” ThinkingWantBelieveMeanDoeUseProblemBeliefBehindsFailingAtheismInfluenceCivilizationConsequenceImportanceExtraordinaryAtheistArguingConfusionTonightCriticizeTaboo Author:Sam Harris
“The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, psychotropic drugs, or "brainwashing," but rather the systematic manipulation of the most mundane aspects of human nature over time in confining settings.” MindHumansFormInfluenceHuman NatureDrugBehaviorConsequenceAspectSettingSettingsInstanceDramaticManipulationMundaneExoticSystematicMind ControlBrainwashingHypnosisBehavior Change Book:The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil Source: The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil