961 private quotes tagged power

“Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree.” — William J. Clinton

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“Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.” — Irving Babbitt

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“No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.” — William Ellery Channing

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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” — Viktor E. Frankl

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“Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.” — Vine Deloria, Jr.

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“Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.” — Alvin Toffler

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“We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.” — William Glasser

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“Any form of art is a form of power it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.” — Ossie Davis

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“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” — Epictetus

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“The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.” — George W. Bush

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“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.” — Pearl S. Buck

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“If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.” — Oswald Chambers

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“I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.” — Alexander the Great

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“Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.” — Liam Neeson

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“Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.” — Pope Paul VI

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“You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.” — Lewis B. Smedes

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“Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.” — Pericles

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“Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.” — Robin Morgan

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“When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.” — Julia Child

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“Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.” — Yoko Ono

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“Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.” — Peter Drucker

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“Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.” — Horace Mann

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“If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.” — Vinoba Bhave

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“Nature is at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.” — David Seabury

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“I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.” — Eli Whitney

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