Power Quotes
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...it's my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity and characteristics, is the product of a relation of power exercised over bodies, multiplicities, movements, desires, forces.
Michel Foucault -
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
Stephen Covey
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But we are born to be happy, to be abundantly supplied with every good thing, to have fun in living, to consciously unite with the Divine Power that is around us and within us, and to grow and expand forever.
Ernest Holmes -
I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?
Benjamin Carson -
The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.
Haruki Murakami -
We all work with one Infinite Power. We all guide ourselves by exactly the same laws.
Bob Proctor -
Power only does all its business of empowering when it's perceived as a difference between the power of those nearby and, even more important, the power one previously had.
Hank Green -
The only way to live in the midst of inharmonious influences is to strengthen the will power and endure all things,yet keeping fineness of character and nobility of manner together with an everlasting heart full of love.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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The fact that women have been moving forward, that a woman was running for president, that we had a black president - I think there was, without a doubt, a whitelash and a complete backlash against the liberation of women, against the power of people of color.
Eve Ensler -
You do not pursue potential conflict unless you hold power over your foe.
Harvey Pekar -
It looks simple to come up with a tablet that works, but it is not, ... In order to have the power and portability you need, you need power. The screen is the part of the device that uses the most power.
Esther Dyson -
Conversations about money, culture, power, class - it's at the center of my identity. I think it's a combination of being born to immigrant parents, growing up relatively poor, and really living in a world where formal institutions, like banks and anywhere that you had to sign a contract, was really feared and avoided at all costs.
Su-chin Pak -
Part of the power of home cooking is that everything tastes better when someone else makes it for you.
Alex Witchel -
Your power play can win you games, and your penalty killers can save you games.
Emile Francis
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No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.
Seneca the Younger -
The wordless song had the power of an operatic aria mingled with the sweetness of a lullaby. It was longing, beckoning, hopeful and heartbreaking.
Brandon Mull -
There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.
Brennan Manning -
She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn’t feel like she had power over the most important thing of all—her own heart.
Josephine Angelini -
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.
Eugene H. Peterson