You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead. Tom Ridge decisionempowerenable share on social
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. Voltaire dwellgreatharm Change image and share on social
The power of the human spirit inspires me. Movies, books, stories, people, anything that reminds us that we are more than just this physical body and our capacity for love and courage can bend reality. Caity Lotz bendbodybook share on social
One day in 1984, at the height of his fame, Michael Jackson made a visit to the White House. President and Nancy Reagan may not have dug his music, but they understood the power Mr. Jackson commanded as a common pop-cultural touchstone for just about everyone else. Monica Crowley commandcommoncultural share on social
Before the sacred, people lose all sense of power and all confidence; they occupy a powerless and humble attitude toward it. And yet no thing is sacred of itself, but by my declaring it sacred, by my declaration, my judgment, my bending the knee; in short, by my - conscience. Max Stirner attitudebendconfidence share on social
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. Edward Gibbon dispositionefficacyhappy Change image and share on social
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed. Reinhold Niebuhr armcorruptdestroy Change image and share on social
For some men the power to destroy life becomes the equivalent to the female power to create life. Myriam Miedzian createdestroyequivalent Change image and share on social
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. Peter Jennings conventionalhavepower Change image and share on social
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. John Acton absoluteabsolutelycorrupt Change image and share on social
