Quotes About Influence

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.

It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit

Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur(nothing moves without having been moved).

All who have meditated upon the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depend upon the education of youth.

He who is a citizen in a democracy will often not be a citizen in an oligarchy.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

How can a man who, for a significant phase of his formation, shared his master's opposition to rhetoric have in maturity composed a masterpiece of the formal study of rhetoric? This

rhetoric was to be surveyed from the standpoint of philosophy.

It is therefore not of small moment whether we are trained from adulthood in one set of habits or another; on the contrary it is of very great, or rather supreme importance.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes; chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

Teachers should be more honored than parents, for whereas parents give their children life, teachers give their children a good life

They are the ones who are responsible for the fact that decrees and not laws are authoritative, by referring everything to the populace. They end up becoming powerful by having the populace be in authority over everything, while they themselves have authority over the opinion of the populace, since the multitude is persuaded by them. Also

I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.

there is no gain in being persuaded not to be hot or in pain or hungry or the like, since we shall experience these feelings none the less.

What difference does it make whether the women rule or the rulers are ruled by the women?

Com toda certeza, os antigos tiranos originaram-se dos demagogos.

But people are most likely to think that they can do wrong without paying the penalty if they are good speakers or men of affairs or have wide experience of litigation, or if they have many friends, or if they are rich.

Nh?ng thói quen t?t ta hình thành khi còn tr? không t?o nên khác bi?t nh? nào, Ä'úng hÆ¡n, chúng t?o ra t?t c? khác bi?t

Halk y???nlar? aldat?ld?klar? zaman kendilerini kötü ÅŸeyler yapmaya özendirenlere kar?? kin besler.

It's important for an artist to realize his own style. Copying or letting yourself be influenced by another's work is good for a start, just don't let yourself get stuck with it. Try to evolve and develop your own. Broadening your knowledge in other mediums is important in acquiring inspiration.

We go about in a world where secret influences are continually at work for us or against us, and we do not suspect their existence, because we have no imagination. For it needs imagination to perceive the truth—that is why the greatest poets are always the greatest teachers.

Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.

Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.