Quotes about Influence
Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.
— Jim Rohn
Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.
— John Maxwell
Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.
— Napoleon Hill
Five years from now, you're the same person except for the people you've met and the books you've read.
— John Wooden
You can't be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.
— Jon Gordon
Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.
— Tony Robbins
People will summarize your life in one sentence - Pick it now.
— John Maxwell
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
— Vince Lombardi
Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.
— John Maxwell
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.
— Max De Pree
The effective leader recognizes that she is more dependent on her people than they are on her. Walk softly.
— Brian Tracy
It is our attitude toward life that determines life's attitude toward us. We get back what we put out.
— Earl Nightingale