Top 1200 Power Tools Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

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.

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.

Political power without economic power is sterile.

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

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

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

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

Men in power are always interested in greater power.

Knowledge Is Power! Train smart and obtain power!

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

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.

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

It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power.

Kissing power is stronger than will power.

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

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all the passions." Because it can only be satisfied by power over others, government is its favorite field of exercise. Business offers a kind of power, but only to the very successful at the top, and without the dominion and titles and red carpets and motorcycle escorts of public office.

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

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

Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most important energy is human spiritual energy and when I say spiritual, I feel like have to be very careful, I don't mean religious, I mean the energy of the mind, the energy that exists within us.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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."

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.

Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's terrorizes us, it has power over us. When we are prepared to discuss it aloud, we might have power over it. It's thought of as a mental illness and it is a physical illness, affecting the brain. There should be no shame in having it, yet people still don't talk about it

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

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

The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'

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

I think for the most part men have always been the aggressors sexually. Through time immemorial they've always been in control. So I think sex is equated with power in a way, and that's scary in a way. It's scary for men that women would have that power, and I think it's scary for women to have that power - or to have that power and be sexy at the same time.

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

The only power that the critical voice has is the power that you give it.

The power of love far outweighs the power of will.

The real power of money is the power to give it away.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who were the new administrators of power and wealth in the country. And those families for generations have maintained themselves in positions of power. Latin America founded itself on everyone being equal, but in reality we aren't.

If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may be ascertained - then the people may entrust all their power to anyone, and the power of the pretender and the usurper is then legitimate. It is not to be challenged since it came originally from the sovereign people.

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.

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.

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?

Quality combines people power and process power.

Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

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

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

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

Less power to religion, the greater power to knowledge

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

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

There is no greater power in the Universe than the power of love.

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.

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

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

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

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