Quotes about Influence
A great man stands on God. A small man stands on a great man.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
— George Bernard Shaw
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
— Woodrow Wilson
Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.
— Dennis Prager
My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people.
— Dale Carnegie
It is a great thing if you can persuade people that they are somehow or other partakers in a mystery. It makes them feel bigger.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.
— Napoleon Hill
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
— Lou Holtz
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
— Thomas Jefferson
What you do is your history. What you set in motion is your legacy.
— Leonard Sweet
History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
— George Washington