Power Quotes · Page 272

“I believe in the magic and in the authority of words”

— René Char

It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When you're in control, when confidence is high, everything moves slower around you.

— Kemar Roofe

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

— Rene Descartes

A bureaucrat is one who has the power to say "no" but none to say "yes."

— Russell L. Ackoff

The most powerful message is the one you cannot hear nor speak, but see and experience.

— Anonymous

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them.

— Amy Tan

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on…

— Noam Chomsky

“The secret to unseating great power, is not to move the other direction, but to compete directly against their goals.”

— Bryant McGill

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew) prophecies, as it is the basis of…

— James Allen

“You only have control over three things in your life—the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take…

— Jack Canfield

“Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip. You don't lead by hitting people…

— Anonymous

Great powers react harshly when distant rivals project military power into their neighborhood, much less attempt to make a country on their…

— John Mearsheimer

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power…

— Stephen Covey

“The heart of a person's mind can be corrupted, exploited and manipulated in order to gain power for those who don't possess…

— Laurel Dewey

I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it's not clear to me that…

— Pat Toomey

Nonviolent action involves opposing the opponent's power, including his police and military capacity, not with the weapons chosen by him but by…

— Gene Sharp

My sister taught me how to write my name when I was about three. I remember writing my whole name: Jacqueline Amanda…

— Jacqueline Woodson

It's clear that the laws intended to allow victims to have their cases heard - including our civil rights laws, our criminal…

— Cal Cunningham

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree…

— Harry Dean Stanton

“What is soft power? It is the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments. It arises…

— Joseph S. Nye Jr

There is no real direction here, neither lines of power nor cooperation. Decisions are never really made – at best they manage…

— Thomas Pynchon

Aggregate aid is to the Ethiopian economy what Obama's fiscal stimulus was to the American economy: minus these injections, both economies would…

— Eskinder Nega

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.

— William Shakespeare

No power in the country can dissolve the government.

— Ashraf Ghani

Knowledge is power. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

— Kofi Annan

Your great power lies not on the surface, but deep within your being.

— Roger McDonald

It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.

— Martha Beck

The wild boar is often held by a small dog. [Lat., A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.]

— Ovid

“I was supposed to be powerless, and as a result they failed to see that I possessed claws.”

— Nenia Campbell

Fear only become powerful when you give it your power.

— Robin Sharma

Everything dependent on human action is liable to abuse.

— John Tyler

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

— John Locke

“the past cannot prevail against the power of the Now.”

— Eckhart Tolle

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

— Peace Pilgrim

In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.

— John Tillotson

Power Doesn't Mean The Pysical & Body Power's..It's Mean That What U'r Brain Have...;)

— Hrittick Dutta Nilavo

“every leader who strived for power somehow ended up corrupted in the process.”

— Morgan Rice

I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community.

— Terry Tempest Williams