P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate what type of government their shall be.”
“Power comes from the navel center. If you meditate for an hour or so a day and you focus on that sphere, you will release a tremendous power that will enter your body. We call it the chi.”
“Power comes from who you are, not what you have, and the transformation starts with how you allow others to treat you.”
“Power comes to those who take it.”
Source: How to Be a BadAss - A Survival Guide for Women
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations.”
“Power concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will. Show me the exact amount of wrong and injustices that are visited upon a person and I will show you the exact amount of words endured by these people.”
“Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.”
Source: The Arrogance of Power
“Power consists in making oneself the goal of another person's social instincts, without seeking to satisfy one's own social instincts through him. The other then does everything one asks. Powerlessness consists in wanting or having to satisfy one's social instincts through another person whose social instincts one has not succeeded in concentrating on oneself - one then does everything the other asks.”
Source: The Polygamous Sex
“Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.”
Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.”
“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Superpowers corrupt… superbly.”
Source: Identity Element
“Power corrupts and there is way too much corrupted power. Stand up and monitor the government that is supposed to work for us. That's what the Tea Party represents.”
“Power corrupts the best of men.
Power destroys the worst of men.
Corrupt nations end up in turmoil.
Corrupt rulers end up in Hell.”
“Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.”
Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.”
“Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.”
“Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.”
“Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.”
“Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.”
“Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with the teachings of Christ, we must make sure that it can never have temporal power. Religion has its place and politics has its own. These two should not be mixed together or the result would be catastrophic.”
“Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.”
“Power creates temptations, and that is true even for the smallest increments of power: the power of the building inspector, of the customs official, of the cop at the traffic stop. It took a lot of work by a lot of people over a long time to build even America's highly imperfect standards of public integrity. Undoing that work would be a far easier task. Corruption is the resting state of pubic affairs; integrity a painstaking, unceasing struggle against cultural inertia and political gravity.”
Source: Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
“Power deities, for all their strength, are very much like humans, They are subjects to periods of despair and are not free from the crippling consequences of emotions, For over two decades Tibetans were forbidden from holding any religious ceremonies or prayers. No prayer flags, incense or ceremonies were offered to the deities and demi-gods of the region. This neglect broke their hearts and they became bedraggled and weak.”
“Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.”
Source: The Story of Civilization: The age of Napoleon; a history of European civilization from 1789 to 1815
“Power depends ultimately on physical force. By teaching people that violence is wrong (except, of course, when the system itself uses violence via the police or the military), the system maintains its monopoly on physical force and thus keeps all power in its own hands.”
Source: Technological Slavery: The Collected Writings of Theodore J. Kaczynski, a.k.a.
“Power dies, power goes under and gutters out, ungraspable. It is momentary, quick of flight and liable to deceive. As soon as you rely on the possession it is gone. Forget that it ever existed, and it returns. I never made the mistake of thinking that I owned my own strength, that was my secret. And so I never was alone in my failures. I was never to blame entirely when all was lost, when my desperate cures had no effect on the suffering of those I loved. For who can blame a man waiting, the doors open, the windows open, food offered, arms stretched wide? Who can blame him if the visitor does not arrive.”
“Power does not alter a man's character. It merely reveals it.”
Source: Terra Nostra
“Power does not ask permission.
Power does not take permission.
Power does not need permission.”
“Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.”
Source: Analytical Studies: Physiology of Marriage and Petty Troubles of Married Life
“Power does not corrupt; it merely elevates the degree in which something is done that has already been pursued.”
“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”
“Power does not corrupt. Power reveals corruption. And absolute power reveals every single bit of corruption. So unless you want the dirty details of all your dreams made public, avoid absolute power.”
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
“Power does not justify sin. Power is not virtue. Virtue is that which lasts inspite of power”
Source: Arjun: Without a Doubt
“Power does not pardon, power punishes.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Power does not reside in institutions, not even the state or large corporations. It is located in the networks that structure society.”
“Power does not shout, it builds the room in which others must raise their voice.”
“Power does not simply stop at the locking of a door, even a cell door.”
Source: Life As A Kite
“Power doesn’t corrupt.
It reveals what was already there.”
“Power doesn't equal worth. Wisdom is a far greater virtue.”
Source: Age of Myth
“Power doesn't mean to control people, real power is to bring happiness in their lives.”
Source: Ain't Enough to Look Human
“Power doesn’t seduce, it suffocates.”
Source: Vice and Virtue
“Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.”
“Power doesn't always roar...The art of exerting power is an art used in doses - the more hidden it is the more effective.”
“Power doesn't come from CONTENT, power comes from content that MOVES.”
“Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.”
“Power doesn't corrupt. It's neutral. Someone always wants to corrupt power. It's the way a shotgun is not a deadly weapon until someone chooses to use it irrationally.”
“Power doesn't create happiness or unhappiness. It depends how you use it. Wisdom is the guiding force that directs happiness.”
“Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.”