Quotes About Influence

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

All the civilizations we know have been created and directed by small intellectual aristocracies, never by people in the mass. The power of crowds is only to destroy.

We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.

To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.

The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky's the limit.

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.

All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

There is but one power in Europe, and that is Rothschild.

Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.

I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

By finding the courage to be ourselves, we gain the power to make a difference.

Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.

If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

The heart is not so constituted, and the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one

Beware the power of the dark side.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

I've said this before, and I say it again. Bagels can be an enormous power for good or for evil. It is up to us to decide how we will use them.

Each team always has that one power player, even Carmelo. Those are the guys who would represent the logo.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.