A Quote by Monica Wright

We were meant to influence the world, not have the world influence us. — © Monica Wright
We were meant to influence the world, not have the world influence us.

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Monica Wright
Born: July 15, 1988
Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?
But I am influenced by the world that says I influence it. The world I live in is my influence.
Prediction just means you saw where the world might be going: ho-hum. Influence, though - ah. Influence, direct and acknowledged, means you actually steered the world, even if only a tiny bit.
I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.
You know in fairness Gary [Johnson] and I have not agreed on a number of substantive issues in this campaign, tax policy, we've had some influence on each other, I think I've had some influence on him, on constructive engagement around the world, he's had some influence on me in criminal justice reform issues.
I was in college for organizational communication and politics because I was just fascinated by influence. I wondered how people have influence, not because I wanted to inspire the world - yet.
Every single day in a marriage, we influence each other. It is a matter of am I going to have a positive influence or a negative influence?
If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.
The senate was wealthy people and it wasn't elected, it was chosen through legislatures, which themselves were under private influence, powerful influence. They were remote from the population and that's where power was suppose to reside.
The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence.
Both my parents were a tremendous influence on me. My father's influence came from - he decided well, probably before we were born that as he put it, 'I'm not going to have any kids who are country club bums.'
With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.
It's not just for its influence on us, but to knowknow that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence.
It's not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence.
Each central banksought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world.
I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he'd lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us.
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