Quotes About Influence

Many men go into the ministry not only for the power trip involved, but also so that they will never have to be interrupted or contradicted.

My heroes are people like Philip Levine, who is simply like a god to me, as a writer. And he is a very good man, too.

Man makes god in his own image.

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.

Men submit from habit to everything that seeks power.

I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.

Angels play a very active role in the purposes of God and the affairs of men, but do not control human events or violate the free will of human beings.

A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

Every man who is not a monster, a mathematician, or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other.

If you are to rule men, you must rule them through their own ideas.

A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will make none. Enthusiasm is contagious: belief creates belief.

Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable.

In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man's a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish

Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature. -- Lyanna

You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.