Carly Chaikin Quotes

Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.

I have more influence now than when I had the power.

Power is nothing if you can't connect.

Nothing really changes: the individual's ability to project his message or throw his weight around remains minuscule.

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

I do think the position I play is a powerful position.

To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

We convince by our presence.

The only advantage of power is that you can do more good.

You cannot effectuate change if you do not have power.

What can one man do even if he is the president?

It's hard to name a person who is unpopular who has influence.

Whether you empower one person or the free world, that is leadership.

The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.

I underestimated the power of 'Diego.'

I've always known I've had power.

Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person. But I do use the platforms I have to make a difference in the world. Anyone who has a position where they can make a difference should use it.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

So if people will pay attention to what I say because of our success as a group, I am going to use that.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.

I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

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