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Quotations about influence

Henry Brooks AdamsThe difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

 - Henry Brooks Adams

Tags:   authors  influence  writing  

Henry Brooks AdamsA teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

 - Henry Brooks Adams

Tags:   influence  teaching  

ConfuciusA ruler who governs his state by virtue is like the north polar star, which remains in its place while all the other stars revolve around it.

 - Confucius

Tags:   influence  leadership  virtue  

Lord ActonGreat men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.

 - Lord Acton

Tags:   authority  influence