Influence Quotes - Page 3

Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life.

It seems then that instead of consumers' willingness to pay influencing market prices, the causality is somewhat reversed and it is market prices themselves that influence consumers' willingness to pay.

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

You don’t miss great leaders because their impacts and footprints are always staring at you in the face.

Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.

Jefferson could strike up the band even when he was being lazy or fearful.

Don't walk in my head with your dirty feet.

Stop looking for the biggest crowd, and start looking for the right crowd.

When you increase and multiply, you get much more influence and reach beyond your imagination

For the first time ever we sympathized with the President because we saw how wildly our sphere of influence was misrepresented by those in no position to know what was going on.

To be able to influence Tanzanian literature and African literature, and sell our books in Tanzania as well as in our continent, we need to be committed to what we do. And what we do is writing. Write as much as you can. Read as much as you can. Use the library and the internet carefully for research and talk to people, about things that matter. To make a living from writing, and make people read again in Tanzania and Africa; we must write very well, very good stories.

Strong communicators increase their influence because they are intentional and focused with their language.

We spend our lives striving to be persons of influence and consequence, when all that is required is to consistently do good to others.

Believers infiltrate the enemy’s territory with knowledge and power.