Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce.

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important.

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.

A seat in the council is honor without profit.

Kings need the company of the intelligent far more than the intelligent need the company of kings.

I see there is a people risen that I cannot win with gifts or honours, offices or places; but all other sects and people I can.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.

Owning news makes you important; it gives you a seat at the table.

People in Nevada know me from the street to the ring to the Senate chambers. I've never had to prove my manhood to anyone.

How success changes the opinion of men!

It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it.

America wants its respect.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

I gravitate towards gravitas.

I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.