Quotes About Influence

If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil.

Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.

Power is everywhere...because it comes from everywhere.

Power doesn't corrupt. It's neutral. Someone always wants to corrupt power. It's the way a shotgun is not a deadly weapon until someone chooses to use it irrationally.

Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with a flick of a pen they will create enough to buy it back.

No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present in any organization.

With great power comes great responsibilty.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.

Judge for yourself who's still fighting for change and who got sick on power, because the person in the Miraflores has forgotten about the people of Venezuela.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

Psychopaths are social predators, and like all predators, they are looking for feeding grounds. Wherever you get power, prestige and money, you will find them.