Quotes About Influence

It is a cherishable irony that a language that succeeded almost by stealth, treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants, should one day become the most important and successful language in the world.

At one time he personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States.

The reason for this is that the rules of English grammar were originally modeled on those of Latin, which in the seventeenth century was considered the purest and most admirable of tongues. That it may be. But it is also quite clearly another language altogether. Imposing Latin rules on English structure is a little like trying to play baseball in ice skates.

If we take the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations as our guide, then Shakespeare produced roughly one-tenth of all the most quotable utterances written or spoken in English since its inception—a clearly remarkable proportion.

Anyway, as should be obvious, his ability to write or not could have had absolutely no bearing on the capabilities of his children.

Surrounding yourself with sycophants and bootlickers is the surest route to failure.

If there is nothing else to learn from history, it's that from humans to animals, from the most primitive to the most civilized, most individuals want to be led. Take out the leader, and the rest of the pack panics.

He [Walter Cronkite] was also a profoundly good man. I don't think we should lose sight of that. All those professional gifts emanated from a very good core and that's something that's beyond training. It's who he was.

He turns to her, his lethal blue eyes reduced to a squint. "Kathy." "Lester. Be brief." "I have the votes in the House," he says. "The House is wrapped up like a bow. Is that brief enough?" One of the things she has learned over the years is the art of not responding too quickly. It buys you time and makes you seem more deliberative.

make us more powerful and yet more vulnerable at the same time. The greater the power, the greater the vulnerability. You think, rightly so, that you are at the apex of your power, that you can do more things than ever before. But I see you at the peak of your

Bill Clinton

It might have been a problem if they'd all attacked at once, coming from different directions. She would have taken them all out, but it would have required more ammunition and probably made more noise. It's always easier just to take out the leader. If there is nothing else to learn from history, it's that from humans to animals, from the most primitive to the most civilized, most individuals want to be led. Take out the leader, and the rest of the pack panics.

Oh, and stay out of our elections.

Take out the leader, and the rest of the pack panics.

Our job is to live as well and as long as we can, and to help others to do the same. What happens after that and how we are viewed by others is beyond our control.

It's hard to be humble when they play a song for you every time you enter the room, when the world financial markets hang on your every word, and when you command the worlds greatest military arsenal, but if you need to knock yourself down a few pegs, try checking your stool for blood.

Whatever other resources you may have, you can always use your voice and your vote to effect change.

It may sound old-fashioned, but letters and phone calls to your elected officials can have a real impact.

The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but to empower others to lead.

Leadership is the sum total of who you are. Leaders are developed not simply born and we can all develop ourselves to be able to guide others. Anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader.

Your life story defines your leadership.

Rather than be the powerful out-front leader, she was quietly leading from behind by encouraging individual members of this peer network to step up and lead.

The difference with authentic leaders lies in the way they frame their stories.

Authentic leaders, such as Mulcahy, recognize the collective power of an empowered team far exceeds that of any single individual, and they rally teams around a common cause.