Power Quotes
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There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.
Zephyr Teachout -
Being fit helps me improve my concentration, my will power and even my determination.
Arjun Rampal
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We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o -
I remind myself of the power of thought and how it's my obligation as a citizen (and student) of humanity to propel compassion.
Alyssa Milano -
For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's experiments. Astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever.
Arthur Sullivan -
With the Savior's power and light we will be enabled to push back the darkness of the world.
Neill F. Marriott -
Power is making a statement about who you are.
Christina Aguilera -
My father's from Pakistan and he has been a secularist all his life. In the Pakistani context, there's no messing with religion. There's been a battle for the soul of Pakistan since 1947 and I have grown up without any illusions about the dangers of religious power in the context of a country like Pakistan.
Sadakat Kadri
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My grandfather and my father had wheat ranches, so we had quite a few trucks around and a lot of mules. Talk about horsepower - we had mule power.
Adam West -
I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around.
Zephyr Teachout -
Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.
Craig Bruce -
How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star?
H. Rider Haggard -
Leaders who can push themselves beyond their comfort zones and understand how to harness the power of reverse innovation have the chance to become the next great visionaries.
Dinesh Paliwal -
Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. Fettered words are terrible words. The writer doubles and trebles the power of his writing when a ruler imposes silence on the people. Something emerges from that enforced silence, a mysterious fullness which filters through and becomes steely in the thought.
Victor Hugo
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Now, the other pillar of Israeli power - Western support and complicity - is starting to crack. We must do all we can to push it over.
Ali Abunimah -
Never underestimate the power of confidence. If you believe you're the dopest thing walking, you might convince people of the same just because you're so headstrong about it as a fact.
Luvvie Ajayi -
Knowledge is power, especially when it is hitched to a workhorse.
Orlando Aloysius Battista -
I understand the power of sorrow, and I understand how far it can take us from ourselves if we let it.
Karyn Kusama -
The extreme form of power is All against One, the extreme form of violence is One against All.
Hannah Arendt -
Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.
Dalai Lama
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Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham -
Where there is most power of feeling, there of martyrs is the greatest martyr.
Leonardo da Vinci -
The wild Indian power of escaping observation, even where there is little or no cover to hide in, was probably slowly acquired in hard hunting and fighting lessons while trying to approach game, take enemies by surprise, or get safely away when compelled to retreat.
John Muir -
Time may restore us in his course Goethe’s sage mind and Byron’s force; But where will Europe’s latter hour Again find Wordsworth’s healing power?
Matthew Arnold