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Leadership is the intelligent use of power. -- Winston Churchill
Nothing discloses character like the use of power. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
The ultimate use of power is to empower others. -- William Glasser
There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people. -- George W. Bush
I would define the proper use of power as something that creates happiness for yourself and others. -- Frederick Lenz
Magic is the practice of causing change through the use of powers as yet not defined or accepted by science. -- Scott Cunningham
So the intelligent use of power is to never interfere with anyone else's success. Use the power you get to just be more successful yourself. -- Frederick Lenz
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in the decision-making. -- Laurence Steinberg
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
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power. -- Joan Didion
Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love. -- Philip Yancey
I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity. -- Mary McLeod Bethune
All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that enable us to maintain a perspective of empathy for ourselves and others, even under trying conditions. -- Marshall B. Rosenberg
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people. -- George W. Bush
Power, as human beings exercise power, to me means the ability to change: the ability to change oneself, the ability to change one's community. And the positive use of power is transformation of self and community toward a higher ideal, toward a healed world. -- Katharine Jefferts Schori
I don't put much stock in powers that people have to hurt others, in sorcery and all this nonsense. There are murders and there are dictators. That is just a part of life. The intelligent use of power in yoga can assist you avoiding that side of humanity. -- Frederick Lenz
As a result of the prison study, I really became more aware of the central role of power in our lives. I became more aware of the power I have as a teacher. I started consciously doing things to minimize the negative use of power in the classroom. I encouraged students to challenge me. -- Philip Zimbardo
Power is a central issue in social and personal transformation. Our sources and uses of power set our boundaries, give form to our relationships, even determine how much we let ourselves liberate and express aspects of the self. More than party registration, more than our purported philosophy or ideology, personal power defines our politics. -- Marilyn Ferguson
[On power:] Some people really have almost a disdain for that word. They feel it is alien to conscience. Power for power's sake, no. But the positive use of power for positive purposes is very important. You have to understand that. You've got to have a seat at the policy table if you want to make a difference. -- Elizabeth Dole
The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well? -- Al Gini
Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except upon the side of mercy. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of therules and no involvement in decision-making. . . . Involving the adolescent in decisions doesn't mean that you are giving up your authority. It means acknowledging that the teenager is growing up and has the right to participate in decisions that affect his or her life. -- Laurence Steinberg
Use your power gently. -- William Nicholson
Use wisely your power of choice. -- Og Mandino
One cannot hold power and not use it. -- L. Ron Hubbard
There's no way to use power for good. -- Ursula K. Le Guin
We are defined by how we use our power. -- Gerry Spence
He who has great power should use it lightly. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
He who has great power should use it lightly. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Your mind is your greatest power. Use it well. -- Aneta Cruz
I like power and I like to use it. -- Sam Rayburn
That power is in vain which is never in use. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He hath no power that hath not power to use. -- Philip James Bailey
There is so much power at your fingertips! Use it! -- Sadie Calvano
The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason. -- Immanuel Kant
The believer does not use God's power; God's power uses him. -- Kenneth Wuest
True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents. -- John W. Gardner
What good is power when you're too wise to use it? -- Ursula K. Le Guin
Your personal choices matter. And you have the power. Use it. -- Gloria Feldt
The greatest power available to man is not to use it. -- Meister Eckhart
What good is power when you're too wise to use it~? -- Ursula K. Le Guin
A real man can use power, rather than let power use him -- Moffat Machingura
Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it. -- Sylvia Earle
Use power wisely. If you search your heart, I think you will. -- Frederick Lenz
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. -- Miguel Angel Ruiz
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is one power in the Universe and we can all use it. -- Ernest Holmes
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it. -- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
The only power that I want to use is the power of love. -- Debasish Mridha
I lost my power in the world because I did not use it. -- Lindsey Buckingham
Words have power. Use the language of leadership versus the vocabulary of a victim. -- Robin Sharma
Fearlessly use the power of your will & determination to go forth in life, strengthened. -- Eleesha
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. -- Julian Casablancas
Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power. -- Sarah Knowles Bolton
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess. -- William James
Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world. -- Ericka Huggins
We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it. -- Benjamin Hoff
You will feel powerful only when you learn to use the power of love. -- Debasish Mridha
The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough. -- Jessica Alba
I use my power wisely. I am strong ,and I am safe. All is well. -- Louise Hay
All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines. -- Amar Bose
Those who overcome satan will be required to use the power of the spoken Word. -- T. B. Joshua
What they have done over the centuries is evolve the fine use of sexual power. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. -- Thomas J. Watson
Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it. -- Orson Scott Card
Some people use the sexual energy particularly during intercourse to take personal power from each other. -- Frederick Lenz
Can women make use of men's vulnerability not to marry but instead to destroy male power? -- Andrea Dworkin
We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power. -- Manuel Puig
People have far more power than they realize, if they would only choose to use it. -- Jim Butcher
The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it. -- Edwin Land
We have every interest in seeing that the military use of nuclear power will be contained. -- Joschka Fischer
There is a Power in the universe greater than you are, and you can use it. -- Ernest Holmes
The more you use the power within you, the more you will draw it to you. -- Rhonda Byrne
Power is like money. Some know how to get it; few know how to use it. -- Walter Darby Bannard
When you're displaying content, any technology will use more power to display, versus not displaying content. -- Kevin Lynch
The C language combines all the power of assembly language with all the ease-of-use of assembly language. -- Mark Pearce
Moms, you are the first and most influential role model in your girl's life. Use that power. -- Tyra Banks
All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
To get involved with some ridiculous battle of power with someone else will use up your energy. -- Frederick Lenz
You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy. -- Robert Caro
Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business. -- Richard Branson
Men who use terrorism as a means to power, rule by terror once they are in power. -- Helen Clark MacInnes
I would define the proper use of power as something that creates happiness for yourself and others. -- Frederick Lenz
I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots. -- Janet Macunovich
It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely. -- Walter Lippmann
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. -- Epictetus
We the people have more power than we know, and we must learn to use it judiciously. -- Jeff Jarvis
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. -- Pete du Pont
You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy. -- Abbi Glines
No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart. -- Alan Redpath
A market is not politically neutral; its existence creates economic power which one actor can use against another. -- Robert Gilpin
Positive energy is power. Use it more in your life, and see for yourself the success it creates. -- Stephan Labossiere
Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use. -- Napoleon Hill
The presence of Christ brings us his power and ability to use our limited resources in limitless ways. -- Rebecca Pippert
We need fair rules of the road, so big corporations can't use their power to gain unfair advantages. -- Hillary Clinton
Knowledge is power, and for each level of knowledge, you are held responsible for how you use it. -- Gary Zukav
Power is something that is abused. I suppose use and abuse are in the eye of the beholder. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you. -- Bertrand Russell
Broken people misuse their power while people who have values don't use their powers in a way that harms. -- Mark Pellegrino
When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless. -- Erwin McManus
Power is not to resist the criticisms; power is to seek for something useful to use amongst the criticisms! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip, not offer it up like a sacrifice. -- Tarryn Fisher
Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. -- Andrew Young
Love has the power to...cure, to heal, to calm, to change and to unite. Use this power often. -- Anthony D. Williams
Preaching doom and gloom has been beneficial to the political class. They use it to gain more power and control. -- Walter E. Williams
Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks. -- Georges St-Pierre
Only those who can see, feel, and use the power of love, can enjoy the beauty and ecstasy of life. -- Debasish Mridha
Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience. -- Sonia Choquette
True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant. -- Hrithik Roshan
Use the power of your conscious & subconscious mind to create a vibrational match for the abundance you desire and deserve. -- Jack Canfield
We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydro power and renewable energy sources. -- Vladimir Putin
Actually, power is like money; neither good nor bad. Its negative or positive spin depends upon how we use it. -- Pat Heim
This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people. -- Anwar Sadat
You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you. -- William S. Burroughs
Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man. -- Thomas Tredgold
Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in Divine power-these are the true remedies. -- Ellen G. White
The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely. -- Lyman Bryson
True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all. -- Myles Munroe
The more we learn to link the use of breath, mind, and voice, the greater our own power in life. -- Ted Andrews
Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive. -- David J. Schwartz

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