961 private quotes tagged power

“I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.” — Ken Blanchard

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“The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.” — Aneurin Bevan

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“The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.” — Andrew Jackson

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“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” — Lord Acton

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“Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.” — Catherine the Great

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“The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.” — M. Scott Peck

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“You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.” — Joel Osteen

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“Beauty is power a smile is its sword.” — John Ray

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“Power is the great aphrodisiac.” — Henry A. Kissinger

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“Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.” — Nelson Rockefeller

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“In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.” — Ken Blanchard

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“Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.” — John Adams

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“Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.” — Andrew Jackson

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“Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.” — Alexander Hamilton

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“All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.” — Theodore Bikel

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“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.” — Peter Drucker

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“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.” — Rene Descartes

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“Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.” — Huey Newton

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“Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.” — Thomas Sowell

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“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.” — John Adams

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“It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.” — Clint Eastwood

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“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.” — Ayrton Senna

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“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” — Peace Pilgrim

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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” — Alice Walker

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“You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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