Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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"The power of cognitive therapy lies in its simplicity: examine your thoughts and change your life."
Aaron Beck
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"Your mind is simultaneously your greatest asset and your most formidable opponent."
Aaron Beck
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"We have more power over our thoughts than we realize."
Walter Mischel
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"The power of thought is the greatest power."
Walter Mischel
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"The power to change is always within you."
Walter Mischel
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"Power is the ability to create positive change."
Robert McCrae
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"True power lies in lifting others up."
Robert McCrae
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"Acceptance is not passivity. It is the clear-eyed assessment from which powerful action emerges."
Marsha Linehan
"The mind has tremendous power to either create or alleviate suffering."
Albert Ellis
"Power over others is fragile; power over yourself is unshakeable."
Albert Ellis
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"Personal power comes from recognizing that we can always choose how to interpret our experiences."
George Kelly
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"The work happens in the gap between stimulus and response."
Steven Hayes
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"Acceptance is not passivity; it is the ground of all action."
Steven Hayes
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"Every moment of awareness is a moment of choice."
Steven Hayes
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"Power without empathy is tyranny."
Aaron Beck
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"We build power not through dominance but through solidarity and mutual commitment."
Nancy Cantor
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"The future is not something that happens to us; it's something we create."
Walter Mischel
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"We have more control over our behavior than we realize."
Walter Mischel
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"We all contain multitudes; the key is choosing which versions of ourselves to express."
Walter Mischel
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"Power is not about control; it's about influence."
Costa Paul
"Power over others is weakness dressed up as strength."
Albert Ellis
"Power is the ability to maintain equanimity under pressure."
Albert Ellis
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"Power dynamics reflect underlying personality structures"
Hans Eysenck
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"Power that is not grounded in wisdom becomes tyranny."
Raymond Cattell
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"Power is the ability to influence others; how you use it defines your character."
Raymond Cattell
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"The mind is not a storehouse of fixed ideas but a dynamic system of anticipations."
George Kelly
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"Power comes from the ability to define the constructs by which a group makes meaning."
George Kelly
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"Power is most evident not in what we do, but in what we enable others to do."
Nancy Cantor
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"Power without wisdom inevitably corrupts those who wield it."
Raymond Cattell
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"The power of personality science lies in its humility about human complexity."
Robert McCrae