Quotes about Influence
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
— Robert Frost
Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.
— George H. W. Bush
It's absolutely crucial that we come face to face with the power of our choices.
— Rob Bell
The depositary of power is always unpopular.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Habit is necessary to give power.
— William Hazlitt
Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost, he will do good.
— Brigham Young
Power is the ability to achieve purpose.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
No man can make a speech alone. It is the great human power that strikes up from a thousand minds that acts upon him, and makes the speech.
— James A. Garfield
Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.
— Joe Biden
The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.
— Abraham Lincoln
Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
— William Hazlitt
Power always brings with it responsibility.
— Theodore Roosevelt