Interpersonal Effect Quotes

There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken.

Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

I suppose meeting people whether it's in real life and actually shaking their flesh and blood hand or shaking the mystical hand of the character all rub off on you in some way.

You cannot meet someone for a moment, or even cast eyes on someone in the street, without changing. That is my subject.

Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?

Even a brief interaction can change the way people think about themselves, their leaders, and the future. Each of those many connections you make has the potential to become a high point or a low point in someone's day.

It's been one of the most important tools for me in personal growth for understanding myself, how I am, and what effect I do have on other people.

Every relationship in your organization will affect you one way or another. Those who do not increase you will inevitably decrease you.

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

What I mean is this: you meet someone, you think about them. You're already changing because of the way you think about them. You meet them again, you think about them some more, you're changing again. And on it goes. You are changing right now. Before my eyes.

Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each.

It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you.

There's nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. There's everything wrong with making others have to have it... with you.

Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have to be careful with the way we handle people because what we're doing is making an impact.

Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.

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?

She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn't true. It was only through other people that one ever did change.

If I'm seeing you, you're going to influence me. I'm sorry - I'm just that way. I'm a big sponge. You can't copyright an aesthetic.

Remember that the most confident people make others feel confident around them.

You never know how you're going to affect people.

Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.