Charisma Quotations

In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.

They say I'm a natural, I have natural charisma. People say that. I don't know.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match to my writing ability.

Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.

It's as if inside the White House the belief in Obama's inspirational charisma is still such that every time the ugliness of brute politics intrudes, it's a startling revelation.

I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had this amazing charisma and so much energy, but she had a sad little funeral in Montparnasse in Paris. It was rainy. It was all wrong. And I was thinking, 'God, she loved life so much.'

A great politician has great charisma.

We want him to be really good looking, set in his life, determined, have charisma and be really well spoken. We also want every girl in America to fall in love with this guy.

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma

I don't invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don't have charisma.

Let the others have beauty. I've got the charisma.

One of the first things he did was a split in midair in my office. Then he dropped down and did 400 different kinds of pushups - one-armed, clapping in front, clapping behind his back, in the air, flipping over. I was just dumbfounded not only by this guy's charisma but his ability to do this in front of grown adults and look really cool.

I have charisma and a lot of energy and I hope that the crowd can see that. All I can do is hope so (that the crowd will get behind me). If not, then I will have to steal the crowd away from someone else. If that happens, that is what I am going to have to do.

Casey is not a good campaigner. That's why Rendell mopped up the floor with him. He's charisma challenged. He's not as quick witted as Santorum. He doesn't come off as well.

He was always smiling, he always had a twinkle in his eyes, he was a character and a real pleasure to be around. He had a charisma that could reach out to allow 12,000 people. They had a sense he was there and that it was an important day for him. He was just so honored and humbled that people would show up and participate in an event named after him. He was a special person and it's a special event.

He had great charisma and he had great love for people in general, and a great regard for young people, ... He had real faith and real fervor, and he was a man of God. He did some great things, some controversial things.

He has the charisma a quarterback should have. The other guys respect him for his hard work and athletic ability, and for the type of player he is.

He had a charisma, and charisma is not just the way the face looked. It's how he moved, how he stood.

He grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the greatest male dancers of all time have come out of. He has a way of moving and charisma about him that no one else can achieve.

Hendrix doesn't have the charisma the mayor has, and that's key. But the mayor doesn't have the trust right now. If he can regain the trust of the people, then he can close the gap. Detroit doesn't generally like kicking out incumbents.

He's a great specimen of his own breed as a bull terrier. He's got, probably, the perfect head you'll ever see on this breed. It comes down to charisma and showmanship and those kinds of things.

I absolutely love working with David Boreanaz, and Charisma Carpenter I completely adore - she teaches me to dance.

He was a bloke with such an incredible sense of fun and there was that charisma whenever you were associated with him. We'll all miss him greatly.

He was able to project charisma and give people a sense of security and stability at a very difficult time.

He is today's Ray Mears, but probably a better basketball strategist. He knows how to have fun. The thing he did with Dane Bradshaw just loosens the team up and it's great theater. Buzz was a great guy, but he didn't have the charisma this cat has.

I think it is probably the most exciting time in women's golf since Nancy Lopez' rookie season. But the thing about 1978 was it was just Nancy. She had charisma and excitement and terrific performances. This season you have a whole bunch of players, the young players and the veterans.

Mario Vazquez is a multitalented, young Hispanic singer with the voice and charisma that we've been trying to find for a long time. His live audition for us was truly special,

Mario Vazquez is a multi-talented, young, American-born Hispanic singer with the voice and charisma that we've been trying to find for a long time. His live audition for us was truly special.

That whole process of somebody who has all that charisma and talent, to be able to break through and make it in America is fabulous.

We've lost a giant, we've lost a legend, we've lost a man who created his own charisma and made it work around the world. It's just hard for me to really grasp that Wilson is already travelling towards the greater place.

The reason why people are huge stars is nothing to do with acting. It's the magic. Charisma is a word that's used too often; it's something special, and it's what makes stars. It's luck, and basically, it's genes.

with such wit, perception, insight, charm, cleverness and charisma

Everybody had an idea about Joaquin and kind of his relationship, his darkness and the things he had done playing more cynical or dark roles, ... But this charisma when he gets behind the mike, the joy in him, the unmitigated joy you see in his face when he's watching Reese, and the love. These are things I feel we haven't seen before in his many roles.

Race tracks have somewhat gone away from building charisma and building an identity. They all seem to look the same. Fans are going to get a new perspective when they come to Las Vegas Motor Speedway that's so much different from all the other tracks. That's what it's all about, putting a new face on it for the fans.

Spectators who witnessed that concert, ... still recount his fearless attitude, innate stage charisma and striking technique -- balancing on toes, slapping the floor with the sides of his shoes, releasing cascades of musical sounds while powering off the boards with both legs kicking.

Australia has lost a truly great Australian. He was a very generous man, a bloke with an incredible sense of fun and that charisma that was around him.

Charisma -- without substance, an understanding of government and the ability to deliver -- just won't make it.

He's one of the best in the business. The guy's a vacuum cleaner. He's a magician. He can make that (double play) coming across the bag like no one you've ever seen. I've had a lot of great shortstops play for me but this guy was right up there with the best. He should have won a Gold Glove every year but he doesn't have the charisma that others have and he doesn't sell himself. But Boston will love him.

He brings a certain confidence and charisma to the court. I've always said he gives us a little extra belief.

Lack of charisma can be fatal.

I try to hold my charisma in check.

You always knew when Seve walked in a room even if you had your back to him. He oozed charisma and brought a whole new meaning to aura.

Charisma is the transference of enthusiasm.

Charisma is the gift from above where a leader knows from inside himself what to do.

Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.

You can't teach charisma. You can draw it out of people if it's there and they haven't quite figured out how to utilize it yet, but it's just one of those things, that's why they call it the "X factor".

Never be impressed with charisma. Look for character.

Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.

Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility, unable to change