Quotes about Influence
While President, I have been President, emphatically; I have used every ounce of power there was in the office.…I do not believe that any President ever had as thoroughly good a time as I have had, or has ever enjoyed himself as much.
— Theodore Roosevelt
i am part of everything that i have read
— Theodore Roosevelt
Gradually, however, I was forced to abandon the effort to persuade them to come my way, and then I achieved results only by appealing over the heads of the Senate and House leaders to the people, who were the masters of both of us.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I do not like to see young Christians with shoulders that slope like a champagne bottle.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Tremble in His midst so as to never falter in the midst of the grave responsibilities of life. Humility properly placed is the only sure foundation of leadership.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
— Theodore Roosevelt
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Do not let the writer's authority or learning influence you, be it little or great, but let the love of pure truth attract you to read. Do not ask, 'Who said this?' but pay attention to what is said.
— Thomas a Kempis
Whatever is received into something is received according to the condition of the receiver
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Every agent makes its like
— St. Thomas Aquinas
A man is known by the company his mind keeps.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct historical shadows to the generation immediately following them. The spell vanishes with the voice.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich