Power Quotes

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

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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
Alice Walker
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"Your voice matters, no matter how small it seems."
Alice Walker
"The mind is magnificent; we have the power within us to change our circumstances."
Maya Angelou
"Power without responsibility is tyranny."
Carl Sandburg
"Power is the responsibility to serve."
Carl Sandburg
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"You have to take seriously the power you have over other people's lives."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Power without accountability corrupts."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Power resides in truth."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"You can be king or beggar, but you must play the game."
Robert Frost
"The future of the world is in my hands and it is also in yours."
Toni Morrison
"I must believe I am not powerless."
Toni Morrison
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"The power of forgiveness is that it frees both the forgiver and the forgiven."
Alice Walker
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"The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter even by a millimeter the way people look at reality, then you can change the world."
Richard Wright
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"I have discovered that words are the most powerful weapons of all."
Richard Wright
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"Power corrupts unless it is wielded with compassion."
Richard Wright
"Power comes in knowing the truth."
Ralph Ellison
"Sometimes the most eloquent thing one can do is remain silent."
Ralph Ellison
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"We create the future through the choices we make today."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"The voice that speaks your truth is your greatest weapon."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Power without conscience is merely tyranny dressed in legitimacy."
Richard Wright
"There is a power in community that cannot be understated."
Maya Angelou
"The power to change begins within yourself."
Maya Angelou
"Power is the ability to create positive change in the world."
Maya Angelou
"The act of naming shapes reality; words have the power to liberate or to imprison."
Ralph Ellison
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"Each of us carries within us the power to create change."
Langston Hughes
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"The world we have created is a product of our thinking."
Alice Walker
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"Anger can be power."
James Baldwin
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"People who believe that they are powerless do not attempt to correct anything."
James Baldwin
"The ability to present yourself in a way that is so charismatic is a gift."
Toni Morrison
"A woman without property is not a woman at all."
Toni Morrison