Power Quotes
Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.
If we had the power over the ends of the earth, it would not give us that fulfillment of existence which a quiet devoted relationship to nearby life can give us.
The nature of mind: much of its power seems to stem from just the messy ways its agents cross-connect. ...it's only what we must expect from evolution's countless tricks.
Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. We have not been free to use our own power to name ourselves, the world, or God.
The stimulus of competition, when applied at an early age to real thought processes, is injurious both to nerve-power and to scientific insight.
We have nothing to lose by trusting the infinite power of the Self, except the bondage of our own ignorance.
Of course I’ve gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It’s boring and no one listens to you! — Russ Cargill
It is not a zero sum game. The simple idea of the gains from trade lies at the heart of the modern and the ancient economy, not the power of capital. There is nothing else to it.
Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.
Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.
I'm pretty active anyway, but I'm also competitive.I used my Fitbit as an example of the innate power of data to turn information into insights and actions.
One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.
I will jump headfirst from a helicopter in Luneta if Estrada gets removed from power.
If you have never felt or known the sheer power and strength of God's love, take another look at Jesus dying on the cross.
Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.
If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
You have within you all the power you need with which to get whatever you want or need in this world.
Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs.
It is so easy to be confrontive without being informative; indignant without being intelligent; impulsive without being insightful.
Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.
....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.
Even Stalin proclaimed his love for democracy. We do not learn about the nature of systems of power by listening to their rhetoric.
Effective leaders are willing to use power and authority, but they're doing it in the service of the collective good, as opposed to self-aggrandizement.
The power of the Plus Factor is potential but it is not self-activating. It is latent in human beings and will remain latent until it is activated.
The real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power.
Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.
What moron said that knowledge is power? Knowledge is power only if it doesn't depress you so much that it leaves you in an immobile heap at the end of your bed.
Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.
The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.
The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard.
We live in a world that pays attention to speed, volume, and flash. Subtlety has its own power in relation to that.
When executives lead as teachers, stewards, and designers, they fill roles that are much more subtle and long-term than those of power-wielding hierarchical leaders.
Nature supplies the game of chess with its implements; science with its system; art with its aesthetic arrangement of its problems; and God endows it with its blessed power of making people happy.
