Position Of Power Quotes

• Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Power, Men, Intellectual

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• There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.

  Simon Sinek

  Leader, Inspire, Influence

  Simon Sinek (2009). “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”, p.8, Penguin

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• Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

  Bobby Morley

  Judgement, Blur, Clear

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• I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

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• People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

  Kathleen Parker

  People, Privilege, Levels

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  Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

  John Adams

  Leadership, Character, Persistence

  "I’ll Vote for That" by Katharine Rose, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2015.

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• You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

  Pope Francis

  Position, Persons

  "In 2012 interview, Pope Francis (then-Cardinal Bergoglio) reveals secret of celibacy". Interview with Rabbi Abraham Skorka, aleteia.org. March 18, 2013.

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• Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those conditions can warriors acquire the sobriety and serenity to withstand the pressure of the unknowable.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Warrior, Power, People

  Carlos Castaneda (2017). “The Fire From Within”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• The position of power and having to make decisions that you don't necessarily want to make is always good conflict and good drama.

  Stephen Moyer

  Drama, Decision, Want

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• Selfishness is weakness. But loving and caring for others is a position of power beyond anything we can possibly imagine.

  Joel Osteen

  Love, Inspirational, Jesus

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• Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to hold power over another is to chose to limit to onself - to serve. Humans often do this - in touching the infirm and sick, in serving the ones whos minds have left to wander, in relation to the poor, in loving the very old and the very young, or even in caring for the others who has assumed a position of power over them.

  William P. Young

  Caring, Sick, Touching

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• If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts.

  Dee Hock

  People, Understanding, Ego

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• The end point of leadership is not just the position of power we reach, but the continual change and deepening we experience that makes a difference in our lives, our work, our world. Our leadership journeys are only at midpoint when we have achieved a position of power.

  Janet Hagberg

  Leadership, Journey, Our World

  Janet O. Hagberg (2002). “Real Power: Stages of Personal Power in Organizations, Third Edition”, p.273, Sheffield Publishing

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• 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

  People, Scary, Use

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• People.. especially people in positions of power.. have invested a tremendous amount of effort and time to get to where they are. They really don't want to hear that we're on the wrong path, that we've got to shift gears and start thinking differently.

  David Suzuki

  Power, Thinking, People

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• Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Strong, Power, Thinking

  Barbara Tuchman (2015). “The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam”, p.131, Crux Publishing Ltd

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• I don't think we are the same, women and men. We're different. But I don't think we are less than men. There are more women than men in the world - ask any single woman! So, it is shocking that men are in more positions of power.

  Salma Hayek

  Men, Thinking, Different

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• Nothing bad happens when women are in positions of power.

  Sallie Krawcheck

  Position, Happens

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• So you know what we have to do is stop looking for leadership from the top, because the least among us make their way into those positions of power... So what we have to do is knock off this fantasy of being citizens inside a democratic state, I mean, what we are, are the propagandized masses inside a fascist dictatorship.

  Terence McKenna

  Mean, Citizens, Way

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• About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai put it simply and well when she said 'The higher you go, the fewer women there are.'

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Men, Population, Female

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• I certainly know there are people in positions of power in the business who lack imagination and, perhaps as a result of that, think of me as 'David'. But I wouldn't really want to work with those people, you know?

  Michael C. Hall

  Thinking, People, Imagination

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• I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.

  Gabrielle Union

  Change, People, Roles

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• History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.

  Howard Zinn

  Yesterday, Important, Way

  "Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• The inner throne of man is both what the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of Lucifer are after. And when this throne is yielded to the Almighty God, a man enters upon the sacred path of greatness right then and there...The destiny of a human soul depends entirely on who sits upon the throne of that soul...when the flesh is removed from its position of power, the human soul is made ready to usher in the glory of its true and rightful King

  Eric Ludy

  Kings, Greatness, Destiny

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• Of course. Opal is toying with our emotions for her own gratification. Nothing more. She wishes to place herself in a position of power, emotionally.

  Eoin Colfer

  Wish, Opal, Emotion

  Eoin Colfer (2014). “Artemis Fowl:”, p.917, Penguin UK

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