“A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow confused, go astray, and loose sight of our objective, and if we have any influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well - in other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its benefit.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsMayMeanPersonsSpiritLyingFallSpeakStrongGrowsCausesActingSituationInfluenceBenefitsSightShameConvictionReactionsObjectivesLiberationConfused Author:Mikhail Bakunin
“Complex organisms cannot be construed as the sum of their genes, nor do genes alone build particular items of anatomy or behavior by themselves. Most genes influence several aspects of anatomy and behavior as they operate through complex interactions with other genes and their products, and with environmental factors both within and outside the developing organism. We fall into a deep error, not just a harmful oversimplification, when we speak of genes "for" particular items of anatomy or behavior.” FallSpeakInfluenceParticularProductsBehaviorAspectErrorsComplexesEnvironmentalFactorsDevelopingGenesInteractionOrganismsItemsAnatomyOversimplificationInteraction With OthersEnvironmental Factors Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable. For punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment; while punishment, when ill-awarded under the influence of greed and anger or owing to ignorance, excites fury even among hermits and ascetics dwelling in forests, not to speak of householders.” PeopleSpeakWealthInfluenceIgnoranceGreedIllDuesPunishmentForestsEnjoymentProductiveConsiderationRighteousnessAwardsDevotedSevereFuryRespectableDwellingOwingHermits Author:Chanakya
“America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But I am still fundamentally British and speak with a British accent and feel very English.” FeelsStillsAmericaGuySpeakInfluenceBritishGoing OutAccentsCubanAmerican Guys Author:Lily Cole
“Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting.” HeartCountryBigsSpeakMy OwnInfluenceMy HeartSongwritingClosest Author:Teddy Thompson
“Since I've been in an actor, I've lived in Italy, in London, in Stockholm - I had the fortune of working in different locations. If you live someplace long enough, you acquire slightly different systems of thought, and it influences your outlook on life. I just slowly adapted the way I speak.” IfsWayLongDifferentEnoughActorsSpeakInfluenceFortuneLondonAcquireLocationOutlookAdaptedOutlook On LifeStockholm Author:Matthew Settle
“We speak of persons as jovial, as being born under the planet Jupiter or Jove, which was the joyfullest star and the happiest augury of all. A gloomy person was said to be saturnine, as being born under the planet Saturn, who was considered to make those who owned his influence, and were born when he was in the ascendant, grave and stern as himself.” PersonsSaidSpeakStarsBornInfluencePlanetsGravesAstrologyGloomyJupiterSaturnJovial Author:Richard Chenevix Trench
“When you enter your secret chamber, take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon you. Let the fact that you are alone assert itself. Give your soul time to get released from the many outward things. Give God time to play the prelude to prayer for the benefit of your distracted soul.” GivingSoulPlayFactsSpeakPrayerSecretInfluenceBenefitsPlentyYour SoulChamberDistractedPrelude Book:Prayer Source: Prayer
“We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection to anything at all is taken as a full-scale revolution. Should any soul speak up in favor of the obvious, it is taken as a symptom of the influence of the left, the right, the pink, the black, the dangerous. An idea for its own sake - especially an obvious idea - has no respectability.” ShouldIdeasSoulLeftSpeakBlackTakenInfluenceDangerousRevolutionSakeObviousFavorsScalesSmallestSymptomsObjectionsRespectabilityPlacid Book:Art & ardor: essays Source: Art & ardor: essays
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” ThinkingMindSuccessSpeakTeacherInfluenceSucceedPlantSeedsCongratulationsThink TwiceThink And Grow RichSuccess Or FailureThink Rich Grow RichHypnosisSowing SeedsThink Before You SpeakWords You SpeakPlanting Seeds Book:Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01 Source: Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01
“From space travel to organ transplants, one of the most important influences shaping the modern world is science. Amazingly, people who lived during the Civil War had more in common with Abraham than with us. If Christians are going to speak to that world and interact with it responsibly, they must interact with science.” PeopleIfsWorldImportantWarChristianSpeakSpaceCommonInfluenceModernCivil WarOrgansModern WorldAbrahamSpace TravelTransplantsDuring The Civil WarOrgan Transplant Author:J.P. Moreland
“Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is about saying that religion alone should not confer a privileged say in public life, or greater influence on it. It really is as simple as that.” ShouldMaySpeakReligiousSimpleGreaterInfluencePrivilegedSecularismPublic LifeSpeaks Out Author:Richard Dawkins
“If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply cannot be underestimated.” IfsWorldKidsYoungSpeakInfluenceTypeHip HopHipsHopsUnderestimated Author:Simon de Pury
“I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for our own benefit, or notoriety is not for our own benefit, it's for leverage to do good.” BelievePurposeSpeakI BelieveInfluenceFameBenefitsNotoriety Author:Rick Warren
“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
“And the very fact of how you speak somehow influences who you are. The way you move, the way you think, it seeps into your being, and it's quite hard to really break that down entirely.” ThinkingWayHardFactsMovingSpeakBreakInfluenceWho You Are Author:David Tennant
“I have the unique liberty as part of the Green Party that operates on the same terms. We have the ability to actually speak for everyday Americans. We are not controlled by major donors, by the influence of big banks, by fossil fuel giants, by war profiteers or insurance companies.” WarBigsSpeakTermAbilityPartyCompanyLibertyInfluenceMajorsUniqueGreenEverydayGiantsFuelControlledFossilsFossil FuelDonorsInsurance CompaniesGreen Party Author:Jill Stein