Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

毅力是一种积极的原则，只有在欲望的影响下才能继续发挥作用。

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself.

毕加索曾说过，我不在乎是谁影响了我，只要不是我自己。

Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence.

毕加索对我的影响是如此之大，以至于当我开始画漫画的时候，我想我正在远离毕加索，甚至我画的毕加索漫画几乎都是为了摆脱他的影响。

Serving people is the best way to earn influence.

服务他人是获得影响力的最佳途径。

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.

树立榜样不是影响他人的主要手段，而是唯一的手段。

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone.

转向管理意味着更大的责任和影响力，但这也意味着我要放弃日常的编程工作，这很难，因为这让我走出了自己的舒适区。

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first.

有时候，如果你想改变一个男人的想法，你必须先改变他身边的人的想法。

That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one.

这就是试图影响一个犹豫不决的选民的麻烦所在。首先你必须找到一个。

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.

第二次世界大战后电子合成声音的出现无疑对音乐产生了巨大的影响。

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

祷告的功能不是影响神，而是改变祷告者的本性。

The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion.

例如，巴黎现在的影响力微乎其微。然而，关于巴黎时尚的报道很多。

The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.

博客的影响力在媒体中是一股非常积极的力量。

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

唯一能影响我们的书是那些我们已经准备好了的书，它们在我们特定的道路上走得比我们自己还远。

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

我唯一真正的影响力是我自己。

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.

饶舌歌手们在我的影响下创作了很多热门音乐。如果你问他们，他们会告诉你。