Assurance Quote by Howard Zinn

The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured.

— Howard Zinn

Making people fear the expression of their own power is a very effective way of disempowering them. It is not just those who feel…

— Deeyah Khan

“Truly powerful people have great humility. They do not try to impress, they do not try to be influential. They simply are. People are…

— Sanaya Roman

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

— William Hazlitt

“When you look outside yourself for affirmation, you give extraordinary power to the affirmer. When people have extraordinary power, they tend to abuse it.”

— Michael Datcher

“The powerful have a hard time seeing their own power and its effects. We do not see when our exercise of power is cutting…

— Andy Crouch

“subtler ways, powerful people may show their ability to come and go by leaning back during a meeting and putting their hands behind their…

— Nick Morgan

“The world is what it is, it’s our job to simply present ourselves as boldly and clearly to it as possible, accept the reactions…

— Mark Manson

It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“You must be open and influenceable; then ironically, you will also discover an increase in your own power to influence”

— Stephen R. Covey

As you live high standards publicly and privately, and even under great pressure adhere to them, you raise the vision of others.

— Richard G. Scott

“The combination of power, optimism and abstract thinking makes powerful people more certain. The more cut-off they are from others, the more confident they…

— Margaret Heffernan