Sentences with phrase «influence over our thoughts»

Wealthy progressives exert as much influence over think tanks and universities as wealthy conservatives.

But you could argue that our gut has almost as much influence over our thoughts and mood as the brain.

A vast majority of us like to believe that other people have no influence over our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

Not exact matches

He thinks it unlikely the influence and power Thiel has accrued over time, becoming «one of those 800 pound gorillas in the room,» will be damaged in a lasting way by the investor's relationship with Trump.

She repeated the phrase when a reporter asked for her thoughts about calls for her family to relinquish their influence over the group of companies they control.

The mainstream press might like to think that it has that kind of influence and power over people, the way it theoretically used to, but that's probably not the case in today's decentralized media environment.

«Canada has very little influence over the banking in other countries, and I don't think we should pay anything for their bad management practices,» said one respondent.

The power of GVT's result had a profound influence on how psychologists and economists think about decision - making in domains where information arrives over time.

They have more influence over their parents than they think!

Poloz has so much influence over markets, investment, and consumer and business expectations that nearly every word he says has to be meticulously thought out.

You certainly can't control anyone's behavior but you can exercise influence over your own mind — and it is often our own misguided thoughts and reactions that account for most of the problems we face.

His other professional acknowledgments include: Institute for Management Studies — Lifetime Achievement Award (one of only two ever awarded), American Management Association - 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years, BusinessWeek — 50 great leaders in America, Wall Street Journal — top ten executive educators, Forbes — five most - respected executive coaches, Leadership Excellence — top five thinkers on leadership, Economic Times (India)-- top CEO coaches of America, Economist (UK)-- most credible executive advisors in the new era of business, National Academy of Human Resources — Fellow of the Academy (America's top HR award), World HRD Congress — 2011 global leader in HR thinking, Fast Company — America's preeminent executive coach, and Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Award.

The Fed has less influence over long - term mortgage rates than most consumers think.

Those formative years are never truly forgotten but refined over time, and influences perceptions, behavior, thought - patterns, etc..

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»

Not sure i am convinced because how do you explain the verse an eye for an eye in the old testament there have always been consequences for wrong doing and stiill are for sin.If we believe the word then that word is from God not satan.As far as satan is concerned he uses violence as his tools of trade he works on our fears and is limited to robbing stealing and destroying he does nt have anything else.Violence confirms to us that there is a spiritual battle going on both on the earthly plane and in the heavenlys and the battle is over souls.The verse the kingdon of heaven is expanding and violent people take it by force is referring to that spiritual battle and as satan uses violence to expand his dominion so does God use violence to counter him.So what does he mean by that term for me i think it is saying that the the force of evil that satan uses or violence is overcome by a greater violence or force a more powerful one that being the Love of Christ.Through the cross we see that clearly portrayed and in our lives that very same battle is still happening right now for dominion be clear if we walk in the flkesh satan will have dominion over us but if we walk according to the spirit and abide in Christ we have freedom from our old nature.and satan.He can oppose us but he wont be able to influence us if we are in Christ.

It is incumbent on those of us who are in position to influence the thinking of faithful people to make clear that the neo-liberal economic thought that informs most current top - down development, riding roughshod over communities, and reshaping the lives and thinking of hundreds of millions of people, is based on assumptions that are antithetical to ours.

This same emphasis is found in the thought of Will Herberg, the modern Jewish thinker who, under the influence of Reinhold Niebuhr, has given a strongly Protestant coloration to the I - Thou philosophy which he has taken over from Buber.

The conservative press isn't the whole (or even the dominant portion) of the conservative media, but I think that, in the medium - term, they will influence the debate over what qualities a conservative presidential candidate should have.

American revolutionary thought had the capacity to transcend ethnic barriers, as its influence on revolutionary movements all over the world, from the French Revolution of 1789 to that of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam after the Second World War shows.

If the God YOU claim to follow does not even have enough influence over YOU so as to cause YOU to be decent to those who don't believe as YOU do, then please tell me, what am I supposed to think of YOUR God?

Much to Screwtape's chagrin, Jesus stands to gain rather than lose influence over the world as a result of historical analyses, and nowhere is this more true than in process thought.

Was I then, or am I now, being unreasonable in thinking that the God of the bible, the creator of all, would have enough influence over those who call him God, that they would be easily distinguished from those who don't call him God?

Some popes might have thought they had influence over punishment in purgatory, but none would have claimed to change God's judgment.

Now when [many] others came in crowds about him, for they were very greatly moved [or pleased] by hearing his words, Herod, who feared lest the great influence John had over the people might put it into his power and inclination to raise a rebellion, (for they seemed ready to do any thing he should advise,) thought it best, by putting him to death, to prevent any mi - schief he might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties, by sp - aring a man who might make him rep - ent of it when it would be too late.

Thus, I'm opposed to theologians who advocate Gaia worship (which, for the uninitiated, means substituting feminist ideology for the apostolic tradition as the touchstone of Christian orthodoxy), but I don't think there's the remotest need to worry that they'll have any influence over the future of Christianity.

Unfortunately I think this is becoming more and more of a reality that will continue to have greater influence over a coach's decision as we move into the future.

I think 3 factors have influenced Arsenals failure to win big over the past ten seasons.

Parrots will always parrot, they absolutely can not adapt their thoughts or speech even in light of new information, they do not understand the difference between having influence and having power, they do not understand that as INFLUENTIAL as Wenger has been at Arsenal over the years, he ultimately does not have the POWER to sign the cheques that bring in players, not Fergie, not Mourinho, not Guardiola have such or ever had such far reaching powers, that a manager, no matter how popular, have to suck up to the guys at the top one way or another, Mourinho lost twice to the ego of the top hierarchy at Chelsea, at Madrid too... No manager can achieve anything tangible under the conditions that Wenger has been working, of course Wenger cares about the finances of the club but like Dein, it's more about a sustainable development and not just shortsighted profit making like Gazidis and Kroenke.

Maybe Dein had more influence over Wenger than initially thought, maybe Dein was good at seeing the mental strength in people?

Over the last year or two the Gunners have become a lot better at defending set pieces, partly I think because our individual players and the team in general is better now and partly because of the influence of our assistant manager Steve Bould has on the training ground.

But I do think there's a role for government at the macro level (where it already has great influence over our food) such as corn and soy subsidies, the National School Lunch Program (and the related use of surplus farm commodities), etc..

You think of a baby as one organism, but actually trillions of organisms, chiefly bacteria, have powerful influences over a child's immune protection and nutrient absorption.

Those who shoot gamebirds, I think it's fair to say, have a lot of influence over the political agenda.

John Mills, the millionaire party donor who is funding Labour for a referendum campaign, said: «I want to see a Labour government in 2015 and, as the party that trusts the people, I think we should recognise that the growth of the EU's influence over Britain in the past 40 years warrants a referendum regardless of future events.»

Unsurprisingly over half of Liberal Democrats think they do not have enough influence compared to just 3 % that say they have too much.

The Avaaz survey found that 60 % of respondents thought Mr Murdoch had too much influence over British politics, while 64 % believed the merger would give News Corp too much power over the media.

They are creating their own collective bank, have appointed think tanks and established research hubs — all activities which precipitate the prediction that BRICS nations will eclipse the power and influence of the G7 summit over the next decade.

Recent recruits are even more Corbynite — over 80 % of those who've joined in the last year are anti-Trident, over 70 % think unions should have more influence and would only support a leader who opposed airstrikes in Syria.

He also, sometimes gingerly, complains about the New York Times» role, once describing it as «in bed with the feds» and once asserting, presumably referring to the Times, that «newspapers which I think [Bloomberg] has a huge amount of influence over, they've come after me.»

Only just over a fifth of Lib Dem voters think their party has much influence within the coalition — indeed Conservative voters are more than twice as likely to think Nick Clegg is influential than his own supporters.

It was published over 10 years go and went on to influence Liberal Democrat thinking for the ensuing decade, but is the Lib Dem «bible», The Orange Book, still relevant to the party?

33 % think trade unions will have too much influence over Labour under Ed Miliband, 29 % disagree, and 38 % don't know yet.

33 % of respondents thought that the trade unions would have too much influence over Labour under Ed Miliband, 29 % thought they would not

A new YouGov poll suggests that the majority of the public think that Tony Blair is sleazy, the way honours are distributed are corrupt and that rich donors have too much influence over the Labour party.

«We were unable to have the kind of productive relationships and conversations we wanted to have [with the Senate], but it's quite clear to me, and I think it's clear to many of you, that a lot of that was determined by the governor, who clearly has extraordinary influence over [Senate] Majority Leader [John] Flanagan.

«People don't usually think about it but alteration of the rocks really influences the air we breathe over geologic time.»

Mackey says these connections demonstrate how strong an influence conscious thought may have over pain processing.

«In this way of thinking, there is an implicit assumption that the female has relatively little latitude for action or influence over her reproductive success beyond choosing the right male,» says Halberg.

Over billions of years, Neptune's gravitational influence might have given it little kicks that stretched out its orbital far point all the way to the inner part of the Oort cloud — a cluster of frozen bodies thought to start 2000 or more AU from the sun.