Quotes About Influence

People who think that they are being 'exploited' should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people would say: 'Good riddance?'

The media, the corporations, the politicians…have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it's come to the point where they don't need to give any reason at all.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal.

I think that it's important to have good people around you, like my friends.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

The question for the child is not Do I want to be good? but Whom do I want to be like?

Effective leaders are willing to use power and authority, but they're doing it in the service of the collective good, as opposed to self-aggrandizement.

One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests.

For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.

Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.

Always keep good company. Never waste an hour with anyone who doesn't lift you up and encourage you.

My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the line I would do some writing.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.

Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership.

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?

My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.

The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.

Usually, the best ideas come from other people's good ideas, which then, after a short gestation period, become your ideas.

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place.