Quotes about Influence

The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.

Leadership is not about control but service. Its not about power but empowerment

If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.

If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.

One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer. However the influence of the Holy Spirit may be set at nought, and run down by many, it will be found upon trial, that all means which we can use, without it, will be ineffectual. If a temple is raised for God in the heathen world, it will not be by might, nor by power, nor by the authority of the magistrate, or the eloquence of the orator; but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Those who can command themselves command others.

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

We are very much what others think of us . The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.