Power Quotes

15857 Power quotes by 6592 unique authors

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, "We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water." Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes… — Dan Millman
There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures… — David Korten
Your friends today attach themselves not to you but to your purse or to some advantage they can gain through your father's kindness. When your… — Sathya Sai Baba
There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was… — Francis Darwin
Our Lord might be described as the great Physician, Healer, Engineer, Chief Scout, Foreman, Builder, or the like - all showing his pre-eminence in the… — Bruce R. McConkie
Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with… — Eric Berne
Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power. — Martin Buber
Truth has beauty, power, and necessity. — Sylvia Townsend Warner
I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful-that this was a title that was bestowed upon you...I think that it's time to take… — Margaret Cho
My dad encouraged me to quit my job and pursue the life that I am about to have. He got excited with me. He was… — Daniel Pearce
Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged... We have been taught to either ignore our differences or to… — Audre Lorde
When the nazis came to power, I looked to the universities that prided themselves upon their intellectual freedom, and they failed me. I looked to… — Albert Einstein
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight… — Joe Baca
Power tends to confuse itself with virtue, and a great nation is peculiarly susceptible to the idea that its power is a sign of God's… — J. William Fulbright
Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience;… — Simone Weil
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is… — Stephen Covey
The repeated claim before the 'seizure of power' - that the NSDAP, as a national social-revolutionary movement, and not simply another political party... would create… — Ian Kershaw
Without the changed conditions, the product of a lost war, a revolution and a pervasive sense of national humiliation, Hitler would have remained a nobody.… — Ian Kershaw
If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they… — A J P Taylor
Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has its roots in… — Joseph Goebbels
Chamberlain's stubborn, fanatical insistence on giving Hitler what he wanted, his trips to Berchtesgaden and Godesberg and finally the fateful journey to Munich rescued Hitler… — William L. Shirer
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. — J. G. Holland
Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. She seldom has received much aid from the power of great men to whom… — Thomas Jefferson
Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error. — Thomas Jefferson

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