“Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.” BrainResponsibilityInfluenceOptimismCultivatingPositive Influence Author:Richard Davidson
“I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself.” ThinkingSelfKidsYoungCultureInfluenceDiscoveryPopsSelf DiscoveryPop CultureDefine YourselfPositive Influence Author:Terry Gross
“Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn't taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and fear, that God isn't blind towards propagating your positive influence, and finally that you'll leave a meritorious legacy.” SelfHandsTakenDoubtInfluenceBlindNotionValuableLegacyRejoiceRejectedSelf-doubtDoubt And FearPositive Influence Author:Michael Bassey
“I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.” WantRolesInfluenceConsistentlyPositive Influence Author:Landon Donovan
“Young men need a positive influence, especially when they don't have a strong male figure in their lives. They can be influenced by a great, godly man in the church, which gives men a great mission in the church to influence these kids.” MenNeedsGivingKidsYoungStrongChurchInfluenceFiguresMalesMissionsYoung ManGodlyPositive InfluenceGodly Man Author:Tony Evans
“In reality, good and evil do not exist, because Divine Providence created nothing that is bad and disharmonious; this is only a human concept. From the hermetic point of view, one type of being has to bring forth positive influences, whereas another type has to bring forth negative influences. In an astral respect these beings are the tools of the effects on our physical world. They are also the cause of all effects in the astral body of every human being, whether they are initiated or not.” WorldHumansBodyRealityEvilCausesHuman BeingsViewsMagicInfluenceEffectsDivineTypeConceptsNegativeToolsPoint Of ViewGood And EvilMysticismProvidenceDivine ProvidenceNegative InfluencePositive Influence Author:Franz Bardon
“My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.” WritingAcceptingInfluenceDadGayMy DadParadoxAmbiguityUps & DownsWeirdnessVery PositivePositive Influence Author:Mike Mills
“In terms of my father, if you have 4 children that work in film, then there certainly was a happy, positive influence from him because none us became an accountant.” IfsChildrenFilmFatherTermInfluenceAccountantsPositive Influence Author:Lucia Puenzo
“I grew up in the church, Resurrection Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and my grandmother was that grandmother at the church, the one always at the church, always putting on the events. It was deeply instilled in me that every action, everything I create, everything I say and do in the world is inexorably bound to the lives of everybody I come in contact with - and it's my responsibility to put things into the world that have a positive influence on humanity.” WorldActionHumanityChurchResponsibilityInfluenceEventsGrewGrew UpBoundsContactGrandmotherResurrectionMy GrandmotherBaptistsPhiladelphiaPositive Influence Author:Will Smith
“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!” GivingHas BeensChanceInfluenceLandPositive InfluenceGive It A Chance Author:Mark Mason
“I want to be a positive influence in little girls' eyes. Little girls need to be confident and grow up with a healthy state of mind. It's a tough, tough world out there.” WorldWantNeedsMindLittlesStatesEyeGirlGrowsGrowing UpInfluenceHealthyToughState Of MindBe ConfidentPositive InfluenceTough World Author:Christy Carlson Romano
“There's such a stigma around girls' periods, and women's sexuality - girls can't speak out for themselves or be who they want to be. I think that coming from the social platform that I have, I try to be a positive influence, and this was something that I felt needed to be seen and heard.” ThinkingWantTryingGirlSpeakSocialFeltHeardInfluenceNeededPeriodsSexualityPlatformsStigmaSpeaks OutPositive Influence Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“Surround yourself with positive people and positive influences.” PeopleLeadershipInfluenceSurroundSurround YourselfPositive PeoplePositive InfluenceSurround Yourself With Positive People Author:Bradford Winters
“Many people have been positive influences in my life. My parents, whom I mentioned, were the most important, but many of my teachers were also a big help to me.” PeopleHas BeensImportantHelpingBigsParentTeacherInfluencePositive Influence Author:Samuel Alito
“My first encounter with yoga was in 1969 with my older brother Doug. I was thirteen years old, and he was eighteen. He'd learned about yoga in California on a surfing trip, and when he came back to Houston, Texas, he introduced me to this new stuff he'd learned. I'll always be grateful for that positive influence at an early age.” YearsFirstsAgeStuffInfluenceBrotherYogaGratefulCaliforniaEncountersTexasBe GratefulSurfingEighteenThirteenHoustonOlder BrotherNew StuffPositive InfluenceThirteen Year Olds Author:David F. Swensen
“I'm happy to have been a positive influence.” Has BeensInfluencePositive Influence Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Because U.K. artists aren't compensated when their music is played on U.S. radio stations, U.S. artists aren't compensated when their records are played on U.K. stations based on the fact that there's no reciprocity. If that income came in, our artists would be paying income taxes on it. So if we can get a lot of policy on the radar, that may have some positive influence.” IfsMayFactsWould BeArtistRecordsInfluencePolicyTaxesMusic IsRadioIncomeStationsIncome TaxReciprocityRadarRadio StationsPositive Influence Author:Neil Portnow