Quotes About Influence

Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own character and that of the people becomes worse.

If you manipulate, coerce, and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example, you will need no power at all.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

Power wears out those who don't have it

A mighty power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled,For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.

To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.

Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.

No man has any influence or power for good when angry.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.

It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

Power is like saltwater; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals.

Those who know about education have no power; those who have the power know little or nothing about education.

What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.

The less you fear, the more power you will have.

The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it.

Focusing on others will give you more influence and power than focusing on yourself.

Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and social morality.