Quotes About Influence

Truth certainly would do well enough, if she were once left to shift for herself...She is not taught by laws, nor has she any need of force, to procure her entrance into the minds of men.

They often say, "What's the point in astrology if you can't change your destiny?" Well, it's true that you can't change your destiny, but still it helps knowing about gravity.

It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

I wish I had Wonder Woman's magic lasso like her to make people tell the truth.

Presentationally, Bill Clinton is a US President to die for. The truth is, far too many have.

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth.

We should not be afraid to speak the truth to our powerful friend the United States.

Errors are more numerous than truths, but fortunately too divided among themselves to take power.

Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core.

If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press.

The only measure of your success is in the number of people you have help.

When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'.

When power replaces truth as the goal, assertion replaces reason as the path

The sad truth about humanity...is that people believe what they're told. Maybe not the first time, but by the hundredth time, the craziest of ideas just becomes a given.

Semi-facetiously, when people ask me why I write these kinds of stories, I simply say that I was warped as a child. And, there is some truth to that.

If you want the truth to prevail, you must cause people to realize the truth. This requires much more skill than is required to simply tell it.

The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you. I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.

Leaders speak truth into people who believe lies about themselves.

There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a little truth might do, spoken in such seasons.

The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts.

Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that.

I would not have a career without Facebook and Twitter. That's the truth.

My political life has been informed by the view that if there was any truth to religion there wouldn't really be any need for politics.