Quotes about Influence
What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
— CS Lewis
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
— Confucius
In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.
— Rick Warren
When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.
— Erwin McManus
Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him.
— JRR Tolkien
We want very good leaders who have a lot of power.
— Charlie Munger
What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.
— Oprah Winfrey
I'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.
— Billy Graham
Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.
— Edmund Burke
Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.
— Aristotle
Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?
— Frank Herbert
Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.
— Abraham Lincoln