Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

Somebody with a billion followers can tweet, 'See my movie,' and it can still tank. Followers don't always translate into success because I think people are too savvy. When something takes off, it's because people are connecting to it - not because someone with a lot of followers says to care about it.

I had 20,000 followers and I treasured that. People'd say, 'Oh that's nothing.' I said, 'What are you crazy? That's 20,000 people that wanna hear what I gotta say!'

There's a lot of pressure to look a certain way, act a certain way, have enough Instagram followers.

It's weird how much social media affects someone's career. Deals and jobs are sometimes based off how many followers you have, which is a little sad. I would rather that not be the case, but I understand that it's important.

Millions of followers doesn't equal millions of dollars.

Everybody is following somebody. Everybody has faith in something and somebody. We are all believers.

They who set an example make a highway. Others follow the example, because it is easier to travel on a highway than over untrodden grounds.

A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will make none. Enthusiasm is contagious: belief creates belief.

It isn’t leadership if no one follows.

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

If you want to lead, you’ve got to have followers. You’ve got to align people, and you do that through television.

That desire which is in us all to better other people's condition by having them think as we think.

When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move … When the leader talks, people listen. When the leader acts, people watch. So you have to be careful about everything you say and everything you do

Lincoln was a supreme politician. He understood politics because he understood human nature.

People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.

It's weird: when I first got on Twitter, I had a couple hundred, then thousand, followers. Now I have over 53,000.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

As humans, we're so easily persuaded. We join this cause or that cause, and suddenly the other thing is wrong.

I feel like I lead a lot by using my voice, it's natural for me, but I also think it's been more by example.

When I moved to L.A. a few years ago, my sister hung out with a couple of people with big followings. I'd hang out with them, too, and eventually was tagged in a picture with Acacia Brinley, who does a lot on YouTube. She got me from, like, 6,000 to 17,000 followers over a couple of days.

When we find ourselves in groups or with charismatic individuals, we might do things we wouldn't ordinarily do.

I don't mind following good leaders.

I don't mind Twitter. But when a kid makes a decision based on how many Twitter followers he gets, that's when I'm about ready to tap out.

I don't see myself as a leader, I just feel that everything I say, people are listening and people are doing.

There are lots of professions where your social following is key now. But chasing followers is strange to me. I'd rather focus on the work.