#Influence

"To make my meal in a box taste better, I decided to tweak the logo, rather than the ingredients."

"One reads for oneself and for strangers."

"The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

"All of Western philosophy is but a footnote to Plato."

"When I see my own people going through the tough times, it's a wake-up call. I hope my influence can impact someone else's decision to get out here and vote."

"I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction, obviously, but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page."

"Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow worldLike a Colossus; and we petty menWalk under his huge legs, and peep aboutTo find ourselves dishonourable graves."

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different."

"Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color."

"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom."

"The concept of leadership is abused by people who think a person becomes a leader when he grows grey hair, put into a position and expected to function. Everyone has a leadership potential carried within in a specific area of his or purpose. Leadership is universal and built on trust."

"You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking for your product. That is influence; self-made leaders do not look for followers. Followers look for them."

"When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there is no honour too great to pay to the memory of Faraday, one of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time."

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."

"I have always believed in the power of collaboration. Early on in my professional career, I realized that you can't develop all the competencies you need fast enough on your own. Furthermore, if you don't collaborate, your ideas will be limited to your own abilities. As a result, you will not be able to serve your clientele and thus can't achieve the anticipated impact."

"Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission."

"I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe."

"If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence."

"The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence."(Pr.31:8) It's not about you."

"Jemanden zu beeinflussen bedeutet, ihm eine fremde Seele zu geben."