Top 1200 Influence And Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing.

Not all powers are spectacular." Hestia looked at me. "Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.

Power positions do not yield to arguments, however rationally and morally valid, but only to superior power.

Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife

We are a nation founded on distrust of government power, and questioning that power is essential to promoting transparency and accountability.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

The most fundamental form of integrative power is the power of love.

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

The power of light is always bigger than the power of darkness.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

Our country needs power for its economic growth, and clean, green power is the best option.

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses.

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.

Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.

Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

Beautiful revelations of power are often written by the guy who got kicked around and didn’t have any power.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.

The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power. We've seen it time after time after time.

In a democracy, the citizens are supposed to have all the power, and the government is supposed to be the means by which the citizens exercise that power. But when you have a surveillance state, the state has all the power, and citizens have very little.

What journalism is really about-it's to monitor power and the centres of power.

Our problem is not that we don't have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.

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

Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take.

No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.

There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.

All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.

Simplicity is power. The power to do less of what doesn't matter and more of what does.

If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement.

Choice is the doorway to our creative power. To unleash this power, we must begin from the state of beingness.

There is a supreme power and ruling force which pervades and rules the boundless universe. You are a part of this power

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.

Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.

What I really love is my scotch. It's the power, the power of positive drinking.

The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.

It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

Everyone knows the power of a song and it takes you back to that place. Just that power of words can heal.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.

The truth of art consists in its power to break the monopoly that those in power exercise by defining what is real.

All leaders must have some power. Without power, you can't be a leader.