Quotes About Influence

The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later.

I've said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.

If I can lead a happy life, touch the lives of others in a positive way, win the respect of those that I care about... and make a few million along the way, then I have been successful.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.

In the end, success is not about who you know, it's about you know who.

If success corrupts, I'm probably pretty corrupted by now.

Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.

Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.

There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

Because words have deep meaning, Tweets have power.

We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic.

Sometimes, when a person gains a lot of success at a very young age, they become targets, and it's really easy to follow the crowds and not make independent decisions based on truly how you feel.

Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference.

Success is absolutely intoxicating. I've seen people behave in ways that seem very far from how they would behave normally.

If you keep changing for every person who tells you to, then who's going to be left? Why get the success and be somebody else?

Gerald Ford was unknown throughout America. Now he's unknown throughout the world.

Anyone who influences others is a leader.

... that ultimate success in community leadership will only be achieved if it stimulates participation by others who are also to be seen as in their own way leaders and not merely helpers.

If you create something that makes a difference in people's lives, you are likely to become a business success as well

Remember all the people in your life who helped guide you on your road to success. Thank them sincerely and often.

You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that.

In my experience, the skill of success breaks down into three things. The skill of marketing. The skill of sales. And the skill of leadership.

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.