Quotes About Influence

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.

Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.

Our destiny is not mapped out for us by some exterior power; we map it out for ourselves. What we think and do in the present determines what shall happen to us in the future.

Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.