Quotes About Influence

The great men of the earth are but the marking-stones on the road of humanity; they are the priests of its religion.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

Great times call for great men.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men.

Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

Great men, great events, great epochs, it has been said, grow as we recede from them; and the rate at which they grow in the estimation of men is in some sort a measure of their greatness.

All great men are partially inspired.

He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men.

Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.

Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.

Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.

A great man is made so for others.

Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

A man is known by the company he keeps

Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even men who would like to be honest are tripped and trapped by them?

Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them.

He [Napoleon] was as great as a man can be without morality.

If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop watching Two and a Half Men. I'm on Two and a Half Men and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it. Please stop filling your head with filth.

But on one man's soul it hath broken, / A light that doth not depart; / And his look, or a word he hath spoken, / Wrought flame in another man's heart.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.