961 private quotes tagged power

“People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.” — Albert Bandura

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“What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?” — Orison Swett Marden

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“Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank.” — Madeleine Albright

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“Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.” — Alfred A. Montapert

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“There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a man's reasoning powers.” — Bernard Baruch

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“Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.” — David Brinkley

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“Power is paradoxical.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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“Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” — Margaret Thatcher

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“The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.” — Augustus Hare

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“Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.” — Alexis Carrel

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“I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.” — Oskar Schindler

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“The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system.” — Ron Wyden

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“The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.” — Anthony J. D'Angelo

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“The only power you have is the word no.” — Frances McDormand

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“Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.” — Cesare Pavese

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“The way to have power is to take it.” — Boss Tweed

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“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.” — Stendhal

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“The greatest power is often simple patience.” — E. Joseph Cossman

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“Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.” — Stephen Covey

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“One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.” — Morihei Ueshiba

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“America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.” — Adam Schiff

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“There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” — Everett Dirksen

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“Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.” — George A. Smith

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“Power ought to serve as a check to power.” — Charles de Secondat

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“The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

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