Gough Whitlam Quotes

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

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.

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

You cannot effectuate change if you do not have power.

Power is nothing if you can't connect.

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Power transforms what it touches.

I guess I don't really feel like I have that much power to influence that many people.

Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of authority. If he doesn't, he loses that authority.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

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

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

In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

Power is the ability to get things done.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.