Quotes about Influence
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.
— St. Augustine
The only influence that can really upset the injustice and iniquity of men is the power that breathes in the Christian tradition, renewing our participation in the Life that is the Light of men.
— Thomas Merton
Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set up in opposition to him.
— Charles Spurgeon
I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.
— Edmund Burke
Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how
— Elbert Hubbard
In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them.
— Epictetus
Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
— Euripides
Only a handful of men and women leave an imprint on the conscience of a nation and on the history that they helped shape.
— Barack Obama
It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.
— GK Chesterton
Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed.
— Abraham Lincoln
In order to win a man to your cause, you must first reach his heart, the great high road to his reason.
— Abraham Lincoln