Quotes of: Powerful-people Keyword

... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful.

Cloud Atlas

If we let fear control our decision making we always make the wrong decision.

The 10 Essential Habits of Sales Superstars: Plugging into the Power of Ten

In order to forgive an offender, we have first to forgive ourselves, then we can forgive them. In this way we are not helpless victims anymore, we regain our power, acting from our peaceful place of power.

365 Wisdom Pills

My passion is to see ordinary believers receive extraordinary answers to their prayers.

7 Secrets to Power Praying: How to Access God's Wisdom and Miracles Every Day

The lower a human being descends, the more asleep and inhumane he becomes. Those beings that lack Compassion, Love, and Peace are the true targets of the ego system...

The Art of HealingArt: The Keys to Power and Awareness

Power has always corrupted, my dear. Even the promise of power. It is a hard thing to look at through the fence for hundreds of years without wondering what it would be like on the other side.

All Fall Down

And I know an eighteenth charm, and that charm is the greatest of all, and that charm I can tell no man, for a secret that no one knows but you is the most powerful secret there can ever be.

American Gods

The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs

Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.

Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs

Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, the incentives of the individuals are arrayed against that outcome.

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

The centrality of group effort to human life means that anything that changes the way groups function will have profound ramifications for everything from commerce and government to media and religion.

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

Do not get discouraged if you feel He is not answering your questions or speaking to your situation. He will. Trust Him in the wait. He is at work.

Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner: The Transforming Power of God's Story

I had to take a step of faith and look beyond my circumstances. I had to make a conscious choice to trust Him.

Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner: The Transforming Power of God's Story

Convincing a leader of the value of front-line ideas alone is rarely enough for that person to overcome years of entrenched bad habits and to change his management style.

The Idea-Driven Organization: Unlocking the Power in Bottom-Up Ideas

Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.

Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength

The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance.

Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.

Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.

Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?

Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

Power is violence, its promise, its deed. Power cares nothing for reason, nothing for justice, nothing for compassion. It is, in fact, the singular abnegation of these things – once the cloak of deceits is stripped away, this one truth is revealed.

Reaper's Gale

Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge relief.

Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation