Quotes about Influence

I've met men who've stood in long lines on my book tours, and they've said things like, 'I've read your books and they've changed the direction in my life, and I want to thank you.' I think they're standing in line for their wife or their mother or their sweetheart or somebody, but no.

Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.

Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

People are influenced most by those they trust, admire and believe care for them.

People are influenced most by those they trust, admire and believe care for them.

Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.

If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.

Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.

Truth is powerful and it prevails.