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title: "11 Influence Think Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Influence: What you think you have until you try to use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-walsh-anglund/influence-what-you-think-you-have-until-you-try-to-use-it/)

[Joan Walsh Anglund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-walsh-anglund/)

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> [We may never be able to influence anyone else to do what we think is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rihanna/we-may-never-be-able-to-influence-anyone-else-to-do-what-we-think-is/)

[Rihanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rihanna/)

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> [When I think of 'influence', I think of 'influenza', like somebody's picked up a germ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/when-i-think-of-influence-i-think-of-influenza-like-somebody-s-picked/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/tom-verlaine-12733_germs_when-i-think-of-influence-i-think-of-inf_1068292.jpg)

> [We should never let our experience influence what we think about our potential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zig-ziglar/we-should-never-let-our-experience-influence-what-we-think-about-our/)

[Zig Ziglar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zig-ziglar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/zig-ziglar-263_experience_we-should-never-let-our-experience-influ_1389926.png)

> [Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/deliberately-seek-the-company-of-people-who-influence-you-to-think/)

[Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/)

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> [“A great many people, he had noticed, spent large parts of their time worrying about things they were powerless to alter. Had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/setterfield-diane/a-great-many-people-he-had-noticed-spent-large-parts-of-their-time/)

[Setterfield Diane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/setterfield-diane/)

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> [I don't think there's anything really wrong with influence because I think that one can use another man's art as material either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-really-wrong-with-influence-because-i/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

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> [The drive to want to know is innate in people. You cannot influence this. I think in contrast it is harmful if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/the-drive-to-want-to-know-is-innate-in-people-you-cannot-influence/)

[Christiane Nusslein-Volhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christiane-nusslein-volhard/)

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> [As an artist, we have a big influence, and we should always think if we are doing more harm than good to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-martin/as-an-artist-we-have-a-big-influence-and-we-should-always-think-if-we/)

[Coco Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-martin/)

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> [I mean Facebook is no longer a company, it's a country. 2 billion users. It can influence what we think, what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy/i-mean-facebook-is-no-longer-a-company-it-s-a-country-2-billion-users/)

[John Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy/)

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> [First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/first-recognize-that-you-are-not-a-sheep-who-will-be-satisfied-with/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

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