Influence Quotes

"I believe my most important quality is my voice. It conveys calmness, which can be helpful in times of panic. It also carries authority, which you need in order to get respect." "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." "I like when money makes a difference but don't make you different" "The customs of the rich are the laws of the multitude." "The measure of leadership is not the quality of the head but the tone of the body" "A leader has to 'appear' consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent" "The measure of a man is what he does with power." "The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him" "He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command" "People are terrified of me, and I want them to be" "People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision" "Leadership is influence" "To be human means you can mold situations you are living in the way you want them." "Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals." "It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea." "It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people." "One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others." "Keep your friends close — and your rivals even closer." "People respond to energy, not titles." "Everything rises and falls on leadership "