Top 1200 Position Of Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

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

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

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

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

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

The most enduring sort of power is realizing the power within.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian position, that even the best of them have unrealistic and socialistic elements in their doctrines. Furthermore, we find that all of the current anarchists are irrational collectivists, and therefore at opposite poles from our position. We must therefore conclude that we are not anarchists, and that those who call us anarchists are not on firm etymological ground, and are being completely unhistorical.

Glamour, that trans-human aura or power to attract imitation, is a kind of vessel into which dreams are poured, and some vessels are simply worthier than others... A beautiful woman can turn heads but real glamour has a deeper pull... Glamour is the power to rearrange people's emotions, which, in effect, is the power to control one's environment.

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

The church and religion has lost tremendous power and positive power.

And because it may be too great a temptation to human frailty, apt to grasp at power, for the same persons, who have the power of making laws, to have also in their hands the power to execute them, whereby they may exempt themselves from obedience to the laws they make, and suit the law, both in its making, and execution, to their own private advantage.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

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

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. The preservation of freedom requires the elimination of such concentration of power to the fullest possible extent and the dispersal and distribution of whatever power cannot be eliminated — a system of checks and balances.

Therefore, if the earthly power errs, it shall be judged by the spiritual power ... but if the supreme spiritual power errs it can be judged only by God, and not by man ... Therefore we declare, state, define and pronounce that it is altogether necessary to salvation for every human creature to be subject to the Roman pontiff.

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.

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

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

I am interested in power and in the idea of one country exerting power over another. The Soviets took this to an extreme.

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

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

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

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

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

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

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

My every thought has the power either to wound or heal. I will use my thoughts wisely and respect their power.

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

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

Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers.

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

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

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

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

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

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.] It ought not to be one of the forces influencing this or that state. The Church ought to be, if you will, just as powerless as God himself, which does not coerce but which calls and unveils the beauty and the truth of things without imposing them. As soon as the Church begins to exercise power, it loses its most profound characteristic which is divine love [i.e.] the understanding of those it is called to save and not to smash.

I really believe in the power of music - and I mean literally the power of musical tones - to rearrange the way you can think.

It is always from the depths of its impotence that each power center draws its power, hence their extreme maliciousness, and vanity

Sex IS power. Identity is power. In western culture, there are no nonexploitative relationships. Everyone has killed in order to live.

Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife

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

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

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

If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?" "Hah!" went Tenar; and presently, with some cunning, she said, "Haven't there been queens? Weren't they women of power?" "A queen's only a she-king," said Ged. She snorted. "I mean, men give her power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it.

The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely.

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

Intuition is natural by-product of flowering of a mature self-esteem and a sense of empowerment – not power over, but power to be

In wrestling, when I was in high school, my coach said you should be able to hit every single move from any position. So, arm drag to double-leg, snap-down to double-leg. You should be able to hit a move from anywhere, so with my armbar, I can essentially hit it from any position because it's my favorite submission.

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

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

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.

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

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

Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself - to serve.

We are like newborn children, Our power is the power to grow.

It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.