Quotes About Influence

It is in your power to point the way to a less dangerous and happier life.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.

I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways.

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate what type of government their shall be.

Nationality is the creative power of human culture, culture is the creative power of nationality.

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

the power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions.

You don't have to shout from the mountaintops. Sometimes power comes in a soft, calm, compassionate way, like a quiet warrior.

Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.

Power is of its nature evil, whoever wields it.

Boys are still led to believe that power is associated with domination.

More apparent to Teamster members than any moral lapses were the tangible gains that had been steadily realized under Hoffa since his advent to power.

It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.

Sane, normal people don't need power trips. So the lunatics end up in charge of everything.

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.