Quotes About Influence

The secret of confidence is focusing on what you can control, not on what you can't.

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

Americans are responsible not only for really starting a lot of things in a lot of countries, but also for giving people the confidence to do things they might never have thought to do.

A reformer should be exempt from the suspicion of interest, and he must possess the confidence and esteem of those whom he proposes to reclaim.

Presence is a result of confidence. Presence... when we see it we feel it.

Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives.

When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

Being a slave to a fellow human being, many times, starts with giving his opinion more weight than you should.

Sometimes all it takes is one person to speak their truth. Speak yours.

Your level of self-confidence is not something you are born with, though it is influenced by the circumstances into which you were born and grew up.

Trust yourself, because society always corrupt our confidence.

From an early period, I had the happiness to rank among the foremost in the American Revolution. In the affection and confidence of the people, I am proud to say, I have a great share.

But the world hinges on good fathers and those who would be the merchants of confidence.

The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.

He can inspire a group only if he himself is filled with confidence and hope of success.

I reckon you have to put a presence in front of your opponent - a bit of confidence and attitude - and then you can change what their next move may be.

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.

There's something really cool about scaring children. Traumatize a generation, that's what it's all about.

Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.

The action heroes were very cool as a kid. You would compare yourself with them - Jean-Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference.

I want to be like Tom Freston. Tom just flies around everywhere, gets to make movies, gets to start TV shows, hang out with cool people and do whatever he wants.

It's really cool that Miley Cyrus said she's the biggest feminist ever. I was like, 'That's the sound of 200,000 eight-year-olds Googling the word "feminist!

Artists thrive off each other, and when you see other people doing cool stuff, it inspires you to do cool stuff.