Quotes About Influence

Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.

A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

Fear is the tool of a man-made devil

Every day I'm reassessing what I've been taught against what I see, and the man I need to be if I'm going to call myself a leader of anybody.

Men walk almost always in the paths trodden by others, proceeding in their actions by imitation.

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.

Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers.

You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

... reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.

I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.

He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.

The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following.

There is no eloquence without a man behind it.

The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.

I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous.

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.

Goering appeared at times to be all things to all men.

Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.

The common people do not judge of vice or virtue by morality or immorality, so much as by the stamp that is set upon it by men of figure.