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“More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.”

Ifs Men May Self Character Hours Quality Influence Example Position He Man Masters Exercise Disregard

Author:Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

“When we take the position that it is not only the programmer's responsibility to produce a correct program but also to demonstrate its correctness in a convincing manner, then the above remarks have a profound influence on the programmer's activity: the object he has to produce must be usefully structured.”

Responsibility Influence Position Objects Produce Activity Program Profound Convincing Remarks Programmers Correctness

Author:Edsger Dijkstra

“Stoutly as we may affirm that our disasters and vices are chargeable to luck, we never dream of ascribing our meritorious deeds, in the slightest degree to its agency. In such cases we quite unconsciously blink out of sight the magic power of the latter principle, so wondrous and all-controlling in its influence at other times, and coolly appropriate to ourselves not merely the lion's share, but the whole glory of our position.”

May Whole Dream Principles Cases Magic Share Influence Position Degrees Glory Sight Luck Vices Deeds Disaster Agency Appropriate Latter Lions Blink Wondrous Magic Powers

Author:William Matthews

“The intelligence and ability of a colored person are in pretty direct proportion to the amount of white blood he has, and … most of the positions of leadership, influence, and prominence in the Negro race are held not by real Negroes but by Mulattoes, many of whom have very little Negro blood.”

Littles Persons Real Ability White Race Blood Influence Position Amount Direct Proportion Prominence Mulattoes

Book:The Conquest of a Continent

Source: The Conquest of a Continent

“A Britain which denounced the insanity of the nuclear strategy would be in a position to direct its influence at the United Nations and in the world at large, in a manner at present denied us”

World Would Be Nations United Influence Position Direct Strategy Nuclear Insanity Britain Denied United Nations

Author:Michael Foot

“Through exploitation of its influence over global financial affairs, the United States has been able to cover the costs of its hegemonic position, preserve a false domestic prosperity, and mask the consequences of its relative political and economic decline.”

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations

“In the last 14 years Jewry has achieved positions of influence which it has grossly misused morally, financially and politically in an unheard-of manner, with the result that the German people crumbled morally, financially, and politically.”

People Years Lasts Results Influence Position Unheard Misused

Author:Ernst Hanfstaengl

“Position yourself as a center of influence, the one who knows the movers and shakers. People will respond to that, and you'll soon become what you project.”

People Knows Influence Position Projects Shakers Movers And Shakers

Book:Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales

Source: Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales

“If communist unions ever gain a position to exercise influence in the transport lanes of the world, the free world will have suffered a staggering blow.”

Ifs World Influence Position Exercise Gains Unions Blow Communist Lanes Transport Staggering Free World

Author:Robert Kennedy

“Even if the constants which economists wish to determine were less numerous, and the method of experiment more accessible, we should still be faced with the fact that the constants themselves are different at different times. The gravitation constant is the same always. But the economic constants-these elasticities of demand and supply-depending, as they do, upon human consciousness, are liable to vary. The constitution of the atom, as it were, and not merely its position, changes under the influence of environment.”

“I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know - secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time - that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics.”

“[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.”

Government Influence Position Isolated

Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick

“It's not leadership by position that allows people to succeed; it's the capacity to influence the thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, and the actions of other human beings.”

People Humans Feelings Action Human Beings Emotion Influence Position Succeed Capacity

Author:Tony Robbins

“It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential. If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance. Let women stand where they may in the scale of improvement, their position decides that of the race.”

Ifs May Important Evil Race Half Influence Position Ignorance Improvement Scales Vain Influential One Half Power Of One

Book:Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789

Source: Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789

“The aim of education is to fit children for the position in life which they are hereafter to occupy. Boys are to be sent out intothe world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern and direct.... girls are to dwell in quiet homes, amongst a few friends; to exercise a noiseless influence, to be submissive and retiring. There is no connection between the bustling mill-wheel life of a large school and that for which they are supposed to be preparing.... to educate girls in crowds is to educate them wrongly.”

“Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.”

Process Influence Events Position Degrees Remains Canada Allies Reconstruction

Author:Stephen Harper

“We often do more good by our sympathy than by our labors. A man may lose position, influence, wealth, and even health, and yet live on in comfort, if with resignation; but there is one thing without which life becomes a burden--that is human sympathy.”

Ifs Men Humans May Loses Wealth One Thing Influence Position Comfort Labor Burden Sympathy Resignation

Author:Frederic Farrar

“I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just - then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.”

Thinking World Problem Found Social Bits Realizing Teacher Influence Position Grew Lucky Grew Up Impact Social Capital

Author:Matt Damon

“Authority leads through position. Influence builds others out of relationship.”

Leadership Influence Position Authority

Author:Johnny Hunt

“There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.”

People Writing Book Helping Wanted Decision Influence Position Decided

Author:Guy Kawasaki

“I want to use my position of influence to change the laws of the land to the benefit of the women of Trinidad and Tobago, divide the economic pie more evenly and appoint more women to positions within the government.”

Want Use Government Law Influence Economic Land Position Benefits Divides Pie Trinidad

Author:Dalia Grybauskaite

“The Arab countries in the Middle East have for decades demonized Israel, to Western leadership, which for reasons not entirely clear, listen to them politely. The Bush Administration, for example, was infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood years before Obama began mainstreaming them and allowing them to have positions of influence within the White House.”

Years Country Reason House White Clear Influence Middle Example Position Western Israel East Decades Administration White House Allowing Brotherhood Middle East Muslim Brotherhood

Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld

“Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence.”

Ifs Ideas Enough Today Used Influence Example Position Setting Used To Be Settings Firm Right Thing Murderer Doing The Right Thing Setting An Example

Author:Greg Smith

“Leadership is not about executive position or title. It is about connection and influence. At its highest, leadership is all about adding value to the world and blessing lives through the work you do.”

World Values Influence Position Blessing Highest Connections Titles Executives Adding Value

Author:Robin Sharma

“Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world”

World States United United States Influence Position Method Aids Around The World Foreign Aid

Author:John F. Kennedy

“Sarah Palin has managed to use her failed vice presidential run to put herself in a position of power and influence. Joe Biden won the race and he hasn't been able to put himself in a position of power and influence.”

Use Running Able Race Influence Position Vices Presidential Vice President Palin Biden Position Of Power

Author:Craig Ferguson

“The silence of those in positions of influence in the church who know, or have a strong suspicion, that being gay is a nonpathological minority variant in the human condition drives me crazy, far crazier than I am driven by any loud-mouthed purveyor of hateful nonsense.”

Knows Humans Strong Church Silence Crazy Influence Conditions Position Gay Driven Loud Nonsense Minorities Human Condition Suspicion Hateful Being Gay Drive Me Crazy

Author:James Alison

“The position that God promised the church is to influence the society. We are to govern the attitude and the conduct and the motivation of the human race.”

Humans Motivation Church Race Attitude Influence Position Human Race

Author:Roberts Liardon

“Man is indeed lost, but that does not mean that he is nothing. We must resist humanism, but to make a man a zero is not the right way to resist it ... [The] Christian position is that man is made in the image of God and even though he is now a sinner, he can do things that are tremendous - he can influence history for this life and the life to come, for himself and for others...From the biblical viewpoint, man is lost, but great.”

Men Way Mean Doe Made Christian Lost Can Do Influence Position Humanism This Life Sinner Zero Biblical Right Way Viewpoints God Image

Author:Francis Schaeffer

“I've made a contribution to my time and my generation through being myself, not through what I shared with the Rolling Stones. It's very bad for me and very dangerous to see myself as someone who had an influence on this song or that song. It immediately puts me in the position where my worth is dependent on how much of my soul I shared with Mick Jagger, and it's just not valid. You can use the gossip you've heard. You're not getting it from me.”

Made Soul Use Song Generations Heard Influence Dangerous Position Stones My Soul My Time Contribution Dependent Gossip Rolling My Generation Rolling Stones Being Myself Jagger

Author:Marianne Faithfull

“Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time - let's call it medieval, feudal - people in power are dictatorial and don't want their positions of power to be threatened.”

People Want Influence Position Threatened Medieval Position Of Power

Author:Charles Dance

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