Quotes About Influence

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

I learned how big a difference one person can make, both in the lives of those closest to them, and to many others.

It is something anyone in power must fear, being surrounded by the flatterers and fools who say only what they think the powerful want to hear.

if you surround yourself with people who are strong and positive, you're more likely to see a world full of opportunity and adventure.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Often, we use words in a damaging way not because we are bad people but simply because we are not paying attention. No one ever taught us how powerful words really are.

Booker T. Washington, Buddha, John Dewey, Leo Buscaglia, Moses and Jesus.

When the Angels arrive, the devils leave. -Egyptian Proverb

Almost by force of habit, successful people simply do more. As a result, they experience not only greater financial rewards for their extra efforts but also a personal transformation, becoming more self-confident, more self-reliant, and more influential with those around them.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot

En el mundo futuro, nadie me preguntará: "¿Por qué no fuiste Moisés?". Deberían preguntarme: "¿Por qué no fuiste Zusya?". Rabino Zusya

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. Thomas Campbell

To be powerful, you need to take the position that you create or allow everything that happens to you. By create, I mean that you directly cause something to happen by your actions or inactions.

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet.

You show me a member of Congress who's part of the appropriations process and I'll show you a wife, child, or brother-in-law with a company that benefits from federal dollars.

There are few better ways to attract attention than by throwing money around.

What's past is prologue. Written by William Shakespeare in The Tempest, it is also inscribed on a monument outside of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. How true that is.

One of the most striking proofs of the personal existence of Satan… is found in the fact, that he has so influenced the minds of multitudes in reference to his existence and doings, as to make them believe that he does not exist." —WILLIAM RAMSEY

One of the most striking proofs of the personal existence of Satan is found in the fact, that he has so influenced the minds of multitudes in reference to his existence and doings, as to make them believe that he does not exist.

To the Russians, it doesn't matter if a Republican or Democrat is in the presidency or what party controls Congress; their intent is to divide the nation and they can do it through the smartphone in your pocket.

What do you know of Sidney Gottlieb?" "Rings a bell. Isn't he the mind-control LSD guy from the CIA in the fifties and sixties?

Could NATO, not see that sanctions had inadvertently made the Russian president, and the oligarchy he protected, richer than they could have possibly imagined?

They hardly noticed when a former president received $500,000 for a 2010 speech at the Renaissance Capital Bank in Moscow when his wife was serving as secretary of state.