Power Quotes - Page 38

• Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him.

  Sophocles

  Men, Wind, Sea

  Sophocles (1905). “Tragedies”

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• The wrong sort of people are always in power because they would not be in power if they were not the wrong sort of people.

  Jon Wynne-Tyson

  People, Ifs

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• God made in the image of Man is an imperfect master.

  Laurence Overmire

  Fear, Men, Imperfect

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• Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.

  Robert Greene

  Fear, Sides, Kind

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• No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit.

  Edgar S. Brightman

  Fear, War, Men

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• The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

  Georges Bidault

  Strong, Thinking, Errors

  In Observer 15 July 1962

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• If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

  Harry Shearer

  Political, Doe, Politics

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The way to have power is to take it.

  Boss Tweed

  Political, Politics, Way

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• Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

  Harold Wilson

  Party, Office, Political

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• Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

  Susan RoAne

  Networking, Social Network, Entitlement

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• Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

  Susan RoAne

  Communication, People, Networking

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• If you're not networking, you're not networking.

  Denis Waitley

  Networking, Social Network, Ifs

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• Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge effort. Effort is between you and you. Effort ain't got nothing to do with nobody else.

  Ray Lewis

  Loss, Swimming, Winning

  "Ray Lewis Delivers Pregame Speech To Stanford Basketball Team" by Brian Floyd, www.sbnation.com. March 28, 2012.

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• Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.

  William Hazlitt

  Pain, Pleasure

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.139

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• We are not depending on a reed shaken by the wind, but on the Priniciple of Life Itself, for all that we have or ever shall need. It is not some Power, or a great Power, it is all power.

  Ernest Holmes

  Life, Wind, Needs

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• Like the fighter, the Warrior is aware of his own immense strength; he never fights with anyone who does not deserve the honor of combat.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Strength, Inspiration

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• The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

  Walter Annenberg

  Political, Money Power, Political Power

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• I was very fortunate to have learned the transforming power of music early in life. As an adult I want to share that power by inspiring people to care about their neighbors near and far. Being a UNICEF Ambassador allows me this kind of opportunity.

  India.Arie

  Opportunity, People, Adults

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• If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our otherwise weak efforts... remember, you cannot give away that which you do not possess. Study the life of the master. You do not have to have a college degree to be an efficient teacher. But you do have to become acquainted with the life and teachings of the master to be an effective teacher in the church.

  A. Theodore Tuttle

  Life, Teacher, Teaching

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• Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.

  Lily Tomlin

  Women, Management, Funny Girlfriend

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• There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko

  Strong, Men, Special

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• Power is paradoxical.

  Friedrich Durrenmatt

  Paradoxical

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• To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.

  Joseph Conrad

  Barbarians

  Joseph Conrad (2016). “The Mirror of the Sea”, p.116, Joseph Conrad

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• Politics is not about power.

  Paul Wellstone

  "Honoring Paul Wellstone's Legacy: Fighting Like Hell for Health Care Reform" by Mike Elk, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2009.

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• Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

  Benjamin F. Wade

  Sycophants, Worshippers

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