Manipulation Quotes

Fear sticks like a barb in the mind. Someone cold enough to take advantage of it can attach strings to those barbs and make puppets of men and women.

Cyber trolls' deceptive manipulative, political power play, duplicity and devious hypocrisy cannot equate to true friendship.~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

Unhappy people can be very dangerous, don't forget that.

The first step away from being manipulated, and towards a more autonomous outlook, is to stand back from a set of responses and think.

Move away from Machiavellian hearts. Manipulative people can frame you up even if you have a humble, simple and generous heart. Question their motive. ~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

God himself had sent me away. I was truly now among the damned.

I was once a man, not a great man, not a saintly man, but a good man, and a man nonetheless.

I did not choose to be a monster—a shell of a man—half-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am.

My life was going exactly where I wanted it to until the Devil showed up.

Iona stared at me for a long time. “You are going to leave me a widow before I have a chance to become a bride.

William McKinley was a man made to be managed.

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

The common goal of leaders is to increase the value and productivity of people. Leaders inspire others to do better than they would have done when not inspired.

With Johnson, you never quite knew if he was out to lift your heart or your wallet. Roy Wilkins

He is not the leader of great causes, but the broker of little ones.

When manipulation flutters around everywhere, neither pull nor push anyone. Just do one thing - don't trust anyone!

The challenge for us is to find some response that actually inspires change rather than clinging to the old ways that cause resentment, and more importantly, distract from the real problem.

Storytellers are master manipulators transforming non-reality (grounded in reality) into vicarious experience.

I simply love Drosera plants! Those tentacles, I love those tentacles...~ Aarush Kashyap

Whenever you keep score in love, you lose.

If you find that you are short of funds in the field, remember that any paper can be mind augmented to perform in the place of real money.

I'm not a clever man, but I'm willing to listen to people who are, and I think you are. Just don't try poking me in the direction you want me to go. I don't like that Master Balwer.

What insanity would lead me to believe that I possess the power, much less the aptitude to manipulate all of the consequences out of all of my decisions?

And this is what she wants to do to people. Let them have their own lives, until she wants them. Give them the strength of giants, but not the power to control it.

These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

When you give people a choice, they believe they have power.

Its funny when people recently change their attitude to gain entrance into your heart, which may only ignite your passion to close the door.

Don't go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.

Emotions manipulates the man more than habits do.

The ‘fact’ of my actions frequently collide with the ‘fiction’ of my words. And at what point will I live what I say, so I will avoid what I do?

..home INSIDE is home shining brightly above all homes in physical world.

Energy manipulation took place completely in mind, same way believing in telepathy caused telepathic abilities to grow STRONGER.

Defining moment in new telepathist's life, moment when intuitive individual learns most of society isn't telepathic, doesn't see auras, doesn't know what life on ethereal astral plane is like.

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because... they appeal to your greed.

The person who says it is lonely at the top has no idea what the view looks like from above. ~ Aarush Kashyap

To live a lie may allow us to avoid the truth, but the real lie lays in believing that we can avoid the truth in the first place.

To dream" means to focus and zoom the photos of destiny called visions for clearer view, manipulation and exploitation.

Treat your mind like a museum, not a warehouse

It is the crimson tongue that paints the world others think they see.

Never trust a person whose smile doesn't reach their eyes, chances are they do similar thing when they "cry" - Just be sure you have that OSCAR ready next time they do this

Whoever controls the money controls you.

Never be an insincere friend, never be manipulative, one day you will be discovered and lose everything

Leadership is about inspiration with character, not manipulation with position!

Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as they’re told because they are hungry to get approval.

Why am I letting you comfort me?” He stared over her head. Because I’ve made sure you have no one else to turn to.

Lies are like paper-Mache in a rain storm.