Impression Quotes

• You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Basketball, Educational

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• A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Positivity

  "'We Have to Work Harder to Explain Why Trade Matters'". Speech to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, www.wto.org. October 21, 2016.

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• Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

  Saadi

  Heart, Eye, Lovely

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• Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Buddhism

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.14, Penguin Books India

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• A good first impression can work wonders

  J. K. Rowling

  First Impression, Firsts, Wonder

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• The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Love Is, Admiration, Strongest

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• If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

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• I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

  Christopher Walken

  Inspirational, Better Off, Socializing

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• Destiny is the result of all your actions and the impressions that you have taken in.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Taken, Destiny

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• With me it's always about first impressions.

  Billy Zane

  First Impression, Firsts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

  Horace

  Trust, Eye, Mind

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• Beyond the world of thought and sensorial impressions, there are planes and dimensions of perfect light, knowledge, and radiant perfection.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, Perfect

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• It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophical, First Impression, Encounters

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.

  Yann Martel

  Firsts, Wonder, Fit

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.82, Canongate Books

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• To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Real, Judging, First Impression

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• The mind is a very intricate machine. It can store memories, past impressions, grudges, criticisms, judgments. It can hold a lot of stuff. In general, it's only really good at holding onto one thing at a time. Which is why, when we have a lot going on, we feel sort of stressed and we feel tension because the mind is busy trying to figure out what it should focus on first.

  MC Yogi

  Memories, Past, Focus

  Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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• Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Beautiful, Writing, Expression

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays”, p.29, 谷月社

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• If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Strong, People, First Impression

  "The Truth About How We Think". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. March 20, 2012.

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• Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

  Philibert Joseph Roux

  Expression, Poetry, Exquisite

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• All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mind, Influence, Natural

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.9, Library of America

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• The first day, week and month of an employees experience carries a lasting impression.

  Scott Weiss

  Lasting Impressions, Months, Firsts

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• A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush to compare it to something they've seen before.

  Willem Dafoe

  Lazy, First Impression, Looks

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• the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.

  Agnes Repplier

  Youth, Tenacity, Charming

  Agnes Repplier (1893). “Essays in Idleness”

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• The human soul has sojourned in lower and higher forms, migrating from one to another according to the samskaras or impressions, but it is only in the highest form as a human being that it attains to freedom.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Soul, Form, Samskara

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.128, editionNEXT.com

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• And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark.

  Plato

  What Matters, Firsts, Steps

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