Top 1000 Power Quotes & Sayings

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

I believe that every leader has a right to implement his own policy. But when I see things that are done that are not right - abuse of power, wrong approaches, wrong strategies, making use of foreign consultants, including those discarded by other countries - I feel that I have to have my say.

Words have a lot of power.

The power of visibility can never be underestimated.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

If we all give our power to one person, that's what the world will be. If we all decide to make the world a beautiful place, it'll be a beautiful place.

I knew my ways were unfulfilling. I chased power, pleasure, possessions, something satisfying. I knew I kept getting let down. I knew it was insanity, and I was never going to find fulfillment, but I didn't know what else to look for.

Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and... I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.

One of the epidemics in our industry is the abuse of power.

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Dictators fall when they're overconfident; they stay in power when they're paranoid.

The only certainty we have is that those who are certain of a way to arrive at worldly salvation, are committed enough to organize around this, and seek power to enforce it, will invariably descend into a bloody totalitarian fascism.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Never underestimate the power of confidence. If you believe you're the dopest thing walking, you might convince people of the same just because you're so headstrong about it as a fact.

The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable. One feels, one sees it born and grow steadily; and it is not in one's power to either hasten or slow it down.

Red is one of the strongest colors, it's blood, it has a power with the eye. That's why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

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

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.

Every person who confesses that Christ Jesus is Lord, repents of their sin and gives their heart to God is a child of God and belongs to Him. And in Christ, we are made right with God, we are His righteousness, and we have the power of Christ in us to live right.

If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

The revolutions of the Arab Spring happened because people realized they were the power.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

I was born on an island with 96 percent of the people black. But all the power and the economy was in the hands of white people who only formed four per cent.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

The point of power is always in the present moment.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us.

Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.

I want to remind the new generation about the power of old school romance.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

There's a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.