Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you super add the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
Influence Quotes
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
The true teacher defends his pupil against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
