138 quotes
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they do not have any but kindness is a power everyone possesses”
— Alice Walker
“Truth is powerful and it prevails”
— Sojourner Truth
“Alone in our families we can do so little but together we can do so much.”
— Helen Keller
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”
— Steve Maraboli
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
— Audre Lorde
“The point of power is always in the present moment right here and right now”
— Louise Hay
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
— Frederick Douglass
“Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens in time”
— Epictetus
“In every community there is work to be done and in every heart there is the power of faith to do it”
— Marianne Williamson
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they dont have any”
“A word after a word after a word is power. Creative writing is the accumulation of small powerful acts.”
— Margaret Atwood
“Give your daughters difficult names give them names that command the full use of tongue and that is how naming heals”
— Warsan Shire
“You have power over your mind not outside events realize this and you will find strength”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
“The point of power is always in the present moment.”
“Knowledge itself is power.”
— Francis Bacon
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man character, give him power.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
— Jimi Hendrix
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.”
— Viktor Frankl
“The only difference between a hero and a villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish”
— Chadwick Boseman
“Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.”
— Isaiah Berlin
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
— Leo Tolstoy
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
— Nelson Mandela
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they do not have any”
“The powers that be are not simply people they are structures systems and institutions”
— Walter Wink
“Self-care is how you take your power back.”
— Lalah Delia
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
— Lao Tzu
“World peace can be achieved when the power of love replaces the love of power.”
— Sri Chinmoy
“Remember that knowledge is power.”
“Knowledge is power, but using it is growth.”
— Robert Ingersoll
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”
— Tony Robbins
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Peace and change are always possible.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
“When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision then it becomes less important whether I am afraid”
“Time crumbles things everything grows old under the power of time and is forgotten through the lapse of time”
— Aristotle
“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”
— Plato
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
“We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.”
— William Ewart Gladstone
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already within our families.”
— J.K. Rowling
“If you dont like something, change it. If you cant change it, change your attitude.”
— Maya Angelou
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
— Mary Shelley
“A friend in power is a friend lost”
— William Hazlitt
“In a gentle way you can shake the world.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate but that we are powerful beyond measure”
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
— Chinua Achebe
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”
— Roseanne Barr
“Where there is power, there is resistance.”
— Michel Foucault
“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it.”
— Aung San Suu Kyi
“Knowledge is power.”
“The past has no power over the present moment.”
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”
— Yogi Bhajan
“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”
— Thucydides
“Where love rules there is no will to power and where power predominates love is lacking kindness bridges the two”
— Carl Jung
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.”
— Wilma Rudolph
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch a smile a kind word a listening ear”
— Leo Buscaglia
“The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.”
— Stendhal
“The point of power is always in the present moment”
“In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power.”
— Yuval Noah Harari
“Until the lions have their own historians the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter”
“The task of the public sphere is to subject the powerful to critique.”
— Jurgen Habermas
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
— Malala Yousafzai
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
— Lord Acton
“Your power is in your thoughts so stay awake. In other words remember to remember.”
— Rhonda Byrne
“The power to tax involves the power to destroy”
— John Marshall
“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”
“Where love rules there is no will to power and where power predominates love is lacking and faith restores love to its rightful place”
“Knowledge is power and failure is the teacher that grants it”
“Silence is a place of great power and healing”
— Sara Maitland
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
“Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not”
— Samuel Johnson
“When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
“The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.”
— Baltasar Gracian
“I want people to be afraid of the women I dress”
— Alexander McQueen
“Forty percent of our happiness is within our power to change.”
— Sonja Lyubomirsky
“Knowledge is not absolute power.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.”
“The most powerful thing you can do for another person is to be kind when the world tells you not to be”
— Tara Westover
“The power plant does not have energy, it generates energy.”
— Brendon Burchard
“Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man.”
— Thomas De Quincey
“Gratitude opens the door to the power the wisdom the creativity of the universe.”
— Deepak Chopra
“The measure of a man is what he does with power after failure”
“The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”
— Swami Vivekananda
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you dont”
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
“The measure of a man is what he does with power”
“All power is within you; you can do anything and everything.”
“Washing ones hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful”
— Paulo Freire
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they have been given than to explore the power they have to change it.”
— Muhammad Ali
“Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.”
— Blaise Pascal
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
“You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything that you have believed.”
“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
— Seneca
“It is much safer to be feared than loved, if one cannot be both.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
“Power without knowledge is useless.”
— Socrates
“Creativity is the power to reject the past and change the status quo”
— Ai Weiwei
“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes.”
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch a smile a kind word a listening ear an honest compliment”
“He who controls others may be powerful but he who has mastered himself is mightier still”
“When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid”
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they dont have any.”
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
— William Shakespeare
“The power plant doesnt have energy, it generates energy.”
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