Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
If we all give our power to one person, that's what the world will be. If we all decide to make the world a beautiful place, it'll be a beautiful place.
There's a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.
Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace.
Telling stories and having them received is so important. That dialogue is everything. I tell my students all the time that what separates us as human beings is our ability to hold stories. Our narrative history. There is so much power in that. Storytelling is our human industry.
The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.
In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
Those in power always try to distort reality, to suit their needs and keep things safe.
I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.
Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.
Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing yourself and others - its adverse effects can no longer be overlooked or underestimated. Fear breeds hatred, and hatred has the power to destroy everything in its path.
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
The better we understand how identities and power work together from one context to another, the less likely our movements for change are to fracture.
The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
It was very lucky for me as a writer that I studied the physical sciences rather than English. I wrote for my own amusement. There was no kindly English professor to tell me for my own good how awful my writing really was. And there was no professor with the power to order me what to read, either.
We really have the power to illuminate all negative things in our life, but we have to find that light source inside of us and really tap in with it and reconnect with it.
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.
Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
Know your power, believe in yourself and don't let anyone dim your light.
When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.
The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.
A nuclear power reactor is just a fancy way of boiling water.
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
The point of power is always in the present moment.
No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.
Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Every reign must submit to a greater reign.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.
Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.
Never underestimate the power of confidence. If you believe you're the dopest thing walking, you might convince people of the same just because you're so headstrong about it as a fact.
The Taliban rose to power in 1996, vowing stability and an end to the violence raging across the country between warring mujahedeen factions, and to implement rule by Sharia law, or strict Islamic rule.
I believe that every leader has a right to implement his own policy. But when I see things that are done that are not right - abuse of power, wrong approaches, wrong strategies, making use of foreign consultants, including those discarded by other countries - I feel that I have to have my say.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way.
I believe the gun has no power at all.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
To live happily is an inward power of the soul.