Top 1200 Power Of Intention Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

When you go to a power place, if you are receptive, if you are able to quiet your thoughts and concentrate, a lot of that power can enter into you.

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

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

Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

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

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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.

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

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

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The founding fathers never once rationalized getting in power and having control so they could stay in power.

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

Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property.

Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife

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

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

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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.

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

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

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

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.