Quotes About Influence

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.

I don't think you can bury words. I think the more you try to dismiss them, the more power you give to them, the more circulation they have.

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

Absolute power demoralizes.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Obviously we're a consumer nation and you have the power to influence these big corporations who are running the world right now through what you chose to, or not to, purchase.

Man's rank is his power to uplift.

There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their passions. The influence of the one perished; that of the other continues to this day.

Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.

It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.

Words, like angels, are powers which have invisible power over us.

I've always been a big believer in the power of place. I believe that where we are affects who we are when it comes to happiness, spirituality, economics and creative genius.

In all countries, and in all ages, from the Druids down to brother Beecher, priests have aimed at universal power.

There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.

The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.

Power is only too happy to make football bear a diabolical responsibility for stupefying the masses.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely its reputation.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.