Quotes About Influence

One man armed with the right word may do what an army of swordsmen cannot.

What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world?

A manner of speaking becomes a manner of thinking.

Just tell me. Do I break the future? -Oh, child. We all do. That is both the danger and the hope of life. That each of us changes the world, every day.

If all I had ever done was to be born and discovered, I would have left a mark across all the land for all time. I grew up fatherless and motherless in a court where all recognized me as a catalyst. And a catalyst I become.

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path.

A wise old man taught me that diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. Persuasion, not force, works best and lasts longest.

A small pebble can turn a wheel out of its path, he told me, but warned me that it was seldom a pleasant experience for the pebble.

for so long I'd been told what the rules were that I couldn't see they were just rules made by men. And if men can make rules, then other men can change them.

It was well to impress one's enemies with a show of strength. It was even better to be sure one's friends remembered it as well.

There is power in the keeping of a secret, and power in the revelation of a secret. Sometimes it takes very wise man to discern which is the path to greater power.

Oh, the power that lurks in the naming of names.

Young as I was, I still wondered what kind of man this was who, with one leg bandaged, could quell a room full of rough men with a look or a word.

Be very chary of telling your hoarded secrets. Many lose all power once they have been divulged. Be even more careful of sharing your own secrets lest you find yourself a puppet dancing on someone else's strings.

Bee. Nothing happens to you. You happen to everything.

I suddenly wished to go back, to have again each separate day to spend. Time. I was trapped in it, fenced into a tiny piece of now that was the only time I could influence. All the soons and tomorrows I might plan were ghost things that might be snatched from me at any moment. Intentions were nothing. Now was all I had.

Um homem armado com a palavra certa pode fazer o que um exército de espadachins não pode.

Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance. It gave one bargaining power.

The art of diplomacy is the luck of knowing more of your rival's secrets than he knows of yours. Always deal from a position of power. These were Shrewd's maxims. And Verity abided by them.

Men it is who think they can rule others' lives but have no bonds to them.

I should live each day as if it were significant, as if everyday the fate of the world depended on my action.

A girl did not need to hit to hurt someone.

Horns not grown, he swings his head in warning and still all take heed.

Se tudo o que eu tivesse feito na vida fosse ter nascido e ser descoberto, ainda assim teria deixado uma marca em toda aquela terra, para todo sempre. Cresci sem pai nem mãe, numa corte onde todos me conheciam como um divisor de águas. E um divisor de águas eu me tornei.