“We don't have to feel negative about weeds. They're a part of life. We need to see them, acknowledge them, focus on the solution, and immediately do whatever it takes to eliminate their influence from our lives.” NeedsFeelsMotivationalFocusOur LivesInfluenceSolutionsNegativeAcknowledgeWeedParts Of LifeWhatever It Takes Author:Tony Robbins
“That's the nub of the thing, you see seriousness of spirit. It doesn't mean heaviness of heart, or a lack of fantasy, but it does mean an awareness of influences that touch our lives, sometimes in ways that seem cruel and unfeeling, and sometimes in ways that open up a glory which can never be forgotten.” WayHeartMeanDoeSometimesSeemsSpiritFantasyOur LivesInfluenceAwarenessGloryForgottenSeriousnessHeavinessUnfeeling Book:Happy Alchemy: On the Pleasures of Music and the Theatre Source: Happy Alchemy: On the Pleasures of Music and the Theatre
“History does influence our lives - every moment. We never sort of live our lives in a linear fashion. We always have these memories and these images from our past that sometimes were not even aware of, and they sort of shape who we are.” DoeSometimesMomentsPastMemoriesOur LivesInfluenceFashionShapesWho We AreOur PastLinearLive Every Moment Author:Dinaw Mengestu
“I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many ways. I would say that certainly the stories of the day appear in the work - I just have never gone so far as to say, well, this particular event could influence a plot of an entire book.” WayWellsBookIdeasStoriesInspirationFoundGoneOur LivesInfluenceEventsParticularNewsPlot Author:Michael Koryta
“However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology, fate . . . until we can actually live in a society where mothers and children genuinely matter, ours is an essentially powerless responsibility. Mothers carry out most of the work orders, but most of the rules governing our lives are shaped by outside influences.” MayChildrenMatterMotherOrderCultureResponsibilityOur LivesFateInfluenceBiologyDedicatedPowerlessGoverningDiligentMother And ChildOutside Influences Author:Mary Blakely
“As more money flowed through Washington and as Washington's power to regulate our lives grew, opportunities and temptations for graft, influence peddling and cutting corners grew exponentially. Power breeds corruption.” OpportunityMoneyPowerOur LivesCuttingInfluenceGrewCorruptionCornersTemptationMore MoneyDishonestyPeddlingCutting Corners Author:Steve Forbes
“Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to trouble about, or to make trouble about.” GivingHandsChristianLeftGivenOur LivesPlansTroubleInfluenceGiving UpChristian InspirationalLoved OnesOur Thoughts Author:Hudson Taylor
“Mothers have the huge influence, and I feel like they're always teaching us from the day we're born what to be afraid of, what to be cautious of, what we should like and what we should look like. Then we spend half of our life trying to be not like them, and then we reach another part of our lives where we see these things we can't get rid of.” FeelsShouldTryingLooksMotherBornHalfOur LivesInfluenceTeachingHugeCautiousBe Cautious Author:Amy Tan
“We have lots of heroes today - sportsmen, supermodels, media personalities. They come, they have their 15 minutes of fame, and they go. But the influence of good teachers stays with us. They are the people who really shape our lives.” PeopleTodayTeacherOur LivesInfluenceMinutesMediaPersonalityHeroShapesFameGood TeacherSportsmanSupermodel Author:Jonathan Sacks
“The forces that affect our lives, the influences that mold and shape us, are often like whispers in a different room, teasingly indistinct, apprehended only with difficulty.” DifferentForceRoomsOur LivesInfluenceShapesDifficultyMold Author:Charles Dickens
“Of course, no matter how hard we try to be objective as reporters, our life experiences and personal circumstances influence our journalism, including the choice of topics we pursue.” TryingMatterHardChoicesCoursesOur LivesInfluenceCircumstancesIncludingObjectivesPursueJournalismLife ExperienceReportersTopics Author:Sheri Fink
“If you stay in the mainstream of life, in other words, you let in the suffering of the world that invariably enters all of our lives by the time we're in our middle years, when we've experienced a few deaths and read a few headlines. Famine, poverty, abuse, you can't keep that all blocked out. If you let those things teach you, influence you, change you, those are the events that transition you without you even knowing it to become more compassionate. In other words, you hold onto your values, but you do it much more inclusively, humbly and in an open ended way. Suffering takes you there.” IfsWorldWayYearsSufferingValuesPovertyTeachKnowingOur LivesInfluenceMiddleEventsAbuseLive ByTransitionCompassionateMainstreamWithout YouFamineHeadlinesBlocked Author:Richard Rohr