Quotes About Influence

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

The great words never die... and so does the soul of its author.

One of the hallmarks of great men is that they never make us conscious of their presence, instead they dwelve into our unconscious state and transform into conscious being!

Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.

From a design perspective, the U.S. has always been a great source of inspiration for me.

Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

I know my dad always wanted to heal the world, and so I think it would be great to follow in his footsteps.

Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.

I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.

There's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance.

Character is formed, not by laws, commands, and decrees, but by quiet influence, unconscious suggestion and personal guidance.

Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan have a lot in common - they're both smarter than their husbands and both consulted the stars for guidance, Nancy with astrology and Hillary with Barbra Streisand.

We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective.

My father has been the silent force behind my success. My mother has been a constant source of guidance in my career.

Friendship is not going to stand the pressure of greatly great guidance for quite extensive.

At every stage of my career, I sought out the most influential people around me and asked for their help and guidance.

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

If you look at a thing, the very fact of your looking changes it...if you think about yourself, that very fact changes you.