Power Quotes · Page 266

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

— Maggie Kuhn

“Power does not ask permission. Power does not take permission. Power does not need permission.”

— Amit Kalantri

The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

— Lincoln Steffens

If you can't control what you think, you will not be able to control what you do.

— Joyce Meyer

“power, I see a time where that GOOD FRIDAY is every day. EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY.”

— Lee Vickers

A power nap, is when you sleep on someone who's weaker than you

— Demetri Martin

I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

— Ehud Olmert

I've always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something…

— Brooke Fraser

In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not…

— Robert Greene

Radio and TV don't have the power like they used to. With the Internet, people can pick. You can't hide talent no…

— Riff Raff

What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never…

— Jim Rohn

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was…

— Robert Frost

Power isn't real, and it isn't earned. If you act like you have it, suddenly you're leading everyone. Perception is reality.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.

— Ehud Barak

Our problem today is, the society in which we live in suffer from realising that we underestimate our own brain power and…

— Heleina Cowan

If someone in a powerful position acts in a certain way or expresses a certain view, we implicitly assume that those actions…

— Maria Konnikova

Press and Internet freedom correlate against economic and social success, GDP, innovation, number of patents filed, and educational attainment. The more freedom…

— Ory Okolloh

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither…

— Samuel Johnson

“To me, the conclusion that the public has the ultimate responsibility for the behavior of even the biggest businesses is empowering and…

— Jared Diamond

It is not a dream that someday, nations will be able to settle their difficulties without war, just as individuals now settle…

— Ellen Key

We did get to keep a few choice items. I kept a few pairs of slacks and power suits that stood out.…

— Lark Voorhies

By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now…

— Thomas Friedman

The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis…

— Shimon Peres

“true power stemmed not from physical strength but from political leverage.”

— Dan Brown

Love has the power to rescue us and not let go, otherwise it isn't love

— Garrison Keillor

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“Let’s stop glorifying the devil, giving him power that he does not deserve or have.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Honor may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.

— Ishida Mitsunari

The more free you are, the more you tend to experience your power.

— Senora Roy

When I begin to feel weak, I begin to remember how powerful my God had always been to me.

— Terry Mark

Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine

— Ernest Rutherford

Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing

— James Clavell

Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your…

— John Wooden

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

— Bertrand Russell

I have always given 100 per cent, power and performance.

— Franck Ribery

One of the big goals of my administration will be to reposition Mexico again as an emerging power.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

“Information is power. Information empowers. Information is powerless if not applied.”

— Saji Ijiyemi

Our deepest source of power and perfection is prayer. Alas, it has been left miserably underdeveloped.

— Dada JP Vaswani

Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power.

— John Wyndham