Quotes About Influence

Words have power. Names are power. Never give that shit away for free.

Take care, don't fight, and remember, if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.

Leaders must draw the best out of people, and friendship does that far better than prolonged argument or mere logic.

A natural leader by any measure, Paul became a great spiritual leader when his heart and mind were captured by Jesus Christ.

When God chooses to create somebody, he or she has an impact on other people's choices and it might be that they have an impact on their decisions to trust Christ or not.

Star Wars changed everything in the industry, from pace and storytelling, to visual effects and sound.

Love turned everybody's brain sideways, just like a stunner.

Sadder and sadder," Peabody said when they were back on the sidewalk. "I guess you don't think of how many people you brush up against, or how they might remember you. The guy at your corner deli, or the owner of your favorite take-out spot. The clerk where you usually shop for clothes. Not to sound too Free-Agey, but it matters. It all matters, what we leave behind with the people we brush up against.

Peabody only smiled. Guilt was the best tool, she knew. She'd learned that one at her mother's knee.

But he knows me better than I figured. He knows she matters to me." "And he'll count on that messing you up. You gonna let it?

Whatever she'd been, whatever she'd become, she was more because he loved her. So

Just Roarke, as far as I know. Big money there. Kind of guy that touches shit and turns it into gold bricks. You've got to start reading more than the sports page, Dallas.

No. Nature, nurture, both matter, both form us. But at some point, at so many points, the choices we make, the paths we take, they define us. You made yours. She's made hers." "Yeah.

You have power over a powerful man. His love for you gives you the power, though I suspect there are times the two of you fight like cats.

This is what happened when you went and made friends. They had to go out and make friends, and then those friends somehow insinuated themselves into your life, or your work. Before you knew it you were hip-deep in people.

Parents always feel the pride, and the responsibility.

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion. —TACITUS

Give her a cooey-dooey—" "Mavis!" "What?" "Mavis, I'm saying this for your own good. You have to stop the insanity. You sound like a moron." "I know." Mavis's eyes, currently purple, rolled. "I can hear myself, but I can't stop. It's like a drug. So

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. —HENRY ADAMS

bribes often worked where procedure or threats wouldn't.

I'm not your weakness. I'm your goddamn weapon.

power doesn't just corrupt in the wrong hands, it mutilates.