Quotes about Influence
We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it.
— Walt Whitman
I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he's drunk.
— CS Lewis
One person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in your power to change things.
— Norman Vincent Peale
If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.
— Timothy Keller
Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.
— Hudson Taylor
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.
— Justin Welby
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
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
— Pierre Corneille
When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.
— Erwin McManus