Quotes About Influence

Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.

The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.

You can't really control what people think. You can't really worry about what they think, and attitude is really the one to have.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

The key is not to call the decision maker. The key is to have the decision maker call you.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.

Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.

We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

Leadership is an action, not a position.

Five years from now, you're the same person except for the people you've met and the books you've read.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

You can't be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

These individulas have riches just as we say that we 'have a fever,' when really the fever has us.

It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive.

When people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them.