Quotes About Charisma

She is a double danger—there is the danger of meeting her, and the danger of becoming her. Does the nightmare of her belong to everyone, or just to me?

The most charismatic leaders don't seem to be as concerned with the material they're presenting as they are with getting to know their audiences.

Revolutionaries are, by their nature, powerful and single-minded personalities. Almost invariably they start from a position of weakness vis-à-vis the political environment and rely for their success on charisma and on an ability to mobilize resentment and to capitalize on the psychological weakness of adversaries in decline.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.

Simon Templar was a man who couldn't help spreading melodrama all around him like an infectious disease.

The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think about it there's precious little to be seen.

Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.

For the record, you are a very, very good bad influence.

I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.

On Central Park West, a woman searching for just the right superlative for the man who is guiding New York through the greatest disaster ever to hit an American city finally said, "He's not like a god; he is God." . . . He has achieved what political observers would have told you two weeks ago is impossible. He is not only respected, but revered. And not only revered

If I could work with any actor it would have to be Johnny Depp. He is cool.

I like bad boys... not really bad, but men with an edge... they should be clean but have that streak.

I have been lucky to meet some incredible people who do not possess what you would traditionally class as power, but through their charisma, passion, and strength of character, they are able to achieve things that 'richer or more powerful people' could only dream of.

To me, the biggest attraction is a woman's charisma, her soul, her inner strength.

By nature of the job, most actors are striking, remarkable, and alpha.

With Jinkx Monsoon, I strive to make her pretty and likable and have this bubbly, lovely personality. But then she can also be the most crass, out of the blue, kooky character.

In my family, growing up, the women were always the ones who were powerful, and they exuded this charisma of empowerment that I hold onto and always remember. I had some difficult times, but these strong women were always a constant.

Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.

When you're still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to sending the energy out. There are some actors, like Gary Cooper or Kevin Spacey, that are absolutely brilliant - Gene Hackman is another - at being and allowing the audience to just do the work.

I'm just comfortable in front of the camera. I'm like the male Oprah.

I am not immune to Oprah's charms, but President Winfrey is a terrible idea.

Modi is a great orator.

You know, he's a bit of a rock star, but I think he's consciously learnt how to make people feel comfortable around him. Because otherwise, how could anyone act opposite him? The whole time you'd be thinking, 'My god, it's Johnny Depp!'