Top 1200 Legitimate Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.

The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.

To overthrow the power of the bourgeoisie and to establish the power of the proletariat in one country still does not signify the full victory of Socialism.

A lot of times females are in charge because they kind of have the pussy power. If they say, "I'm you're prostitute," then they mean, "I'm the power."

Kids are in ongoing need of support, and they get various versions of it from grownups which aren't legitimate - a grownup's version of what we think you should have. We tell you what creativity is, and we even tell you what you're thinking.

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

The power of the corporate bureaucracy - the power of technostructure (a term that did not take off) - is something to which I still adhere.

Less power to religion, the greater power to knowledge

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

Only by fighting for democratic power do workers educate themselves up to the level of being able to wield that power.

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.

My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power.

The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.

Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.

Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

Man's greatest power lies in the power of prayer.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.

Hoarding knowledge ultimately erodes your power. If you know something important, the way to get power is by sharing it.

The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it.

...in the third epoch the divinity of man's creative nature is finally revealed and divine power becomes human power.

If you first gain power to check your words, you will then begin to have power to check your judgment, and at length actually gain power to check your thoughts and reflections.

How do you overcome the negative karmas and problems and misery that occur to people who abuse power? You stop abusing power.

Not only are squats not bad for the knees, every legitimate research study on this subject has shown that squats improve knee stability and therefore help reduce the risk of injuries.

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.

Independently of its misdeeds, the mere power, - the bare existence of such a power, - is a thing irreconcilable with the nature and spirit of our institutions.

We've got our own power - the power of the purse.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I know for sure that you have to re-define power as power that comes from within. Success needs to be more comprehensive and attached to something with meaning.

Men in power are always interested in greater power.

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

Quality combines people power and process power.

I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

Society today is so organised that every individual group has the power to disrupt it. How is their power to be channelled into constructive channels?

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

Power is not just about the chair. The public is power.

The power of love far outweighs the power of will.

There's no greater power than the power of good-bye.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

Great Power, capable of everything and only temporarily handicapped by economic difficulties. We are not a great power and never will be again. We are a great nation, but if we continue to behave like a Great Power we shall soon cease to be a great nation. Let us take warning from the fate of the Great Powers of the past and not burst ourselves with pride .

Confession frees, but power reduces one to silence; truth does not belong to the order of power, but shares an origincal affinity with freedom: traditional themes in philosophy, which a political history of truth would have to overturn by showing that truth is not by nature free--nor error servile--but that its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power. The confession is an example of this.

The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.

I really believe in the power of positive thinking and the collective power of people's thoughts spawning something into becoming reality.

Nothing has any power except the power that you give it.

The only power you have on this planet is the power of your decisions.

Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power.

The world is ruled by power and power is obtained by money.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

We all need God's power in our lives, and prayer is the dynamic that releases His power, sometimes in dramatic ways.

I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally.

There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency.

In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens.

Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.

The power of incumbency and the power of money is just overwhelming.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

Power, true power, comes from within. Not without. (Nick)