“The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do so effectively only if he is not concerned with what is now politically possible but consistently defends the "general principles which are always the same." In this sense I doubt whether there can be such a thing as a conservative political philosophy. Conservatism may often be a useful practical maxim, but it does not give us any guiding principles which can influence long-range developments.” PeopleIfsGivingMayLongDoePhilosophyActionPoliticalOpinionPrinciplesDoubtInfluenceDevelopmentConcernedTasksConservativePhilosopherPracticalsRangeConsistentlyOrganizeMaximsPublic OpinionConservatismPolitical PhilosophyOften IsGuiding PrinciplesConservative Political Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence, even a corrupting influence ... penetrated my heart with a fierce little sting of pleasure.” HumansHeartLittlesIdeasMightPleasureInfluenceMy HeartConcernedRelationFierceHuman RelationsNonentity Book:The Rector of Justin: A Novel Source: The Rector of Justin: A Novel
“This priesthood became a closed group, able to control enormous wealth and incomes, and concerned very largely with the study of the solar and astronomical periodicities on which there influence was originally based. With the surplus thus created, the priesthood was able to command human labor in huge amounts and to direct this labor from the simple tillage of the peasant peoples to the diversified and specialized activities that constitute civilized living.” HumansAbleWealthSimpleStudyGroupsInfluenceHugeAmountActivityConcernedLaborDirectEnormousIncomeCommandCivilizedPeasantsPriesthoodSurplusPeriodicity Author:Carroll Quigley
“I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know - secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time - that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics.” KnowsWorldMeanLongStatesHumorPoliticalFoundTermUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceEconomicPositionPeriodsNewsConcernedEconomicsInvestmentFolksOptimisticLong TermInvestorsSaltShort TermPolitical HumorBest Investment Author:George W. Bush
“I confess . . . that I am not myself very much concerned with the question of influence, or with those publicists who have impressed their names upon the public by catching the morning tide and rowing very vast in the direction in which the current was flowing; but rather that there should always be a few writers preoccupied in penetrating to the core of the matter, in trying to arrive at the truth and to set it forth, without too much hope, without ambition to alter the immediate course of affairs, and without being downcast or defeated when nothing appears to ensue.” ShouldTryingMatterCoursesNamesMorningToo MuchInfluenceAmbitionConcernedAffairCurrentsCoreTidesDefeatedImpressedCatchingRowingPublicists Author:T. S. Eliot
“To influence others to change, you must be able to frame that change in terms of the future, and in a way that has value to all concerned.” WayAbleValuesTermInfluenceConcerned Author:Bill Crawford
“It is not up to us to particularize, but rather to deduce that the concepts of human rights originated from the divine influence because, as far as we are concerned, we are compelled to recognize our slow individual evolution from fierce selfishness toward a universal love, from the iniquity toward true justice.” HumansIndividualJusticeRightsInfluenceDivineEvolutionConceptsConcernedUniversalHuman RightsSelfishnessFierceCompelledIniquityUniversal LoveTrue Justice Author:Chico Xavier
“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.” IfsEnergyResultsInfluenceConcernedOur TimePositive Results Author:Stephen Covey
“No one should have extra influence on an organisation. We should always regard ourselves as equals in the organisation, and we should be concerned about each other's problems.” ShouldProblemInfluenceConcernedShould HaveRegardExtrasOrganisation Author:Mahathir Mohamad
“An inanimate being is, of course, continuous with its surroundings; but the environing circumstances do not, save metaphorically, constitute an environment. For the inorganic being is not concerned in the influences which affect it.” CoursesEnvironmentInfluenceCircumstancesConcernedSurroundingsSave Me Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“There seemed to be nothing in Mao that might be called religious feeling; his judgments were reached, I believe, on the basis of reason and necessity. Because of this I think he has probably on the whole been a moderating influence in the Communist movement where life and death are concerned.” ThinkingBelieveReasonWholeFeelingsMightI BelieveReligiousInfluenceMovementJudgmentConcernedBasesLife And DeathCommunistMao Author:Edgar Snow