Top 1200 Influence And Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Empires are synonymous with centralized if occasionally schismatized hierarchical power structures in which influence is restricted to an economically privileged class retaining its advantages through usually a judicious use of oppression and skilled manipulation of both the society's information dissemination systems and its lesser as a rule nominally independent power systems. In short, it's all about dominance.

God blesses us all with different views and perspectives and levels of influence and power.

The Solyndra scandal occurred because of people with money who have influence and power.

My land, the power of training! Of influence! Of education! It can bring a body up to believe anything.

Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.

Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.

Contrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

It's an issue that Democrats and Republicans seem to come together on, the over-influence of money in politics and in power.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

Tax the rich. End the wars. Break the power of lobbies in Washington. These are the demands of Occupy Wall Street. They are very important. The US corporations dominate Washington. The big oil companies, Wall Street banks and the military-industrial complex - they rule this country and their influence and power has to be broken.

One always hopes that you're going to have influence and staying power, but you never know.

I really learned the power of the tube on Sesame Street and how it can influence a very young mind.

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

The most encouraging sign is that 71 percent of the public believe the system is profoundly corrupted by the power of money. Ninety-six percent of the people believe it's "important" that we reduce the influence of money. Yet 91 percent think it's "not likely" that its influence will be lessened. Think about that: People know what's right to do yet don't think it can or will be done.

No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.

Power and courtly influence form an intoxicating draught even when raised to the lips of an ascetic and a saint.

There's this moment happening in our culture where the power of the audience and the influence that people of color have is undeniable at this point.

It is the absolutism of theism, its pernicious influence upon humanity, its paralyzing effect upon thought and action, which Atheism is fighting with all its power.

The power of the masses can influence any government in the world. The power of the masses can elect an official, start a revolution, and drive history. Nelson Mandela did it alone from his prison cell. Ghandi did it lying down. Egypt did it singing songs.

I was not going to surrender to the status quo and corporate insistence that ordinary people have no power and influence.

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.

Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

Many white people experience themselves as powerless, even in the face of privilege. But the fact is that we all have a sphere of influence, some domain in which we exercise some level of power and control. The task for each of us, White and of color, is to identify what our own sphere of influence is (however large or small) and to consider how it might be used to interrupt the cycle of racism.

I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out

You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.

Sisters, you are each like the lioness at the gate. This means that there has to be some prioritizing. I was taught years ago that when our priorities are out of order, we lose power. If we need power and influence to carry out our mission, then our priorities have to be straight.

Wherever you are, that’s your stage, your circle of influence. That’s your talk show, that’s where your power lies. ... You have the power to change somebody’s life. Everyone has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.

While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left.

In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.

If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.

If I can be in a position of power and influence, and be able to make my present better, then I want to do that.

All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence.

I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.

To some, the temporal triumph of the Christian community in the world is a sign of God's favor and the essential righteousness of the Christian position. The irony of the matter, though, is that whenever the Christian community gains worldly power, it nearly always loses its capacity to be the critic of the power and influence it so readily brokers.

The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication and interpretation is a remarkable amplifier of emotions, and of illusions.

While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.

I really don't see any influence of my work on any artists. But I do think I've had an influence on drawings' being shown. I've had an influence on the economics of it.

We have reached a stage where governments and political processes have been hijacked by the corporate world. Corporations can within five hours influence the vote in the U.S. Congress. They can influence the entire voting patterns of the Indian Parliament. Ordinary people who put governments in power might want to go in a different direction. I call this the phenomenon of the inverted state, where the state is no longer accountable to the people. The state only serves the interests of corporations.

It is only through the power of association that those of any calling exercise due influence in their communities.

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence. I feel like people on the street today probably dress better than they did in the '50s.

When the primary people who have influence and power in our communities are not even really allowed to educate you on who to vote for and against, we're in trouble.

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer.

Real power has to do with one's ability to influence the hearts and minds of others.

We must try to influence the government, not fight to take power.

If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.

He possessed the power. He held it in his hand. A power stronger than the power of money or the power of terror or the power of death: the invincible power to command the love of mankind. There was only one thing that power could not do: it could not make him able to smell himself.

Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that super strength guarantees super wisdom, and we have consistently reached out to the international community to ensure that our own power and influence are tempered by the best common judgment.

When mothers know who they are and who God is and have made covenants with Him, they will have great power and influence for good on their children.

At the most basic level, if men have institutional power, they have tremendous influence to change those institutions.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.

People focus too much on whether there's a Democrat or a Republican in office. It's not like this guy Kim-Jong Un got into power the second Trump got into power. It's not like he wasn't a problem. It's not like we haven't had warmongers. It's not like corporations haven't been the main influence on what we're doing around the world.

The science only perpetuates the vicious cycle of cronyism, power-mongering, influence peddling, corruption, bureaucracy, all of that.

No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.

The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.

I guess I don't really feel like I have that much power to influence that many people.

A literary influence is never just a literary influence. It's also an influence in the way you see everything - in the way you feel your life.