The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it can change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.
The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition.
Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.
Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.
Be selective about your external influences. Your multi-dimensional brain is influenced by everything you see, hear, read, smell, touch, feel or say.
Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.
The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.