Position Of Power Quotes

“Dear young aspiring leader, one day you will be in a position of power. That should not let you enslave nor look down upon others, but aim to influence change for the benefit of future generations.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“Humans who are in positions of power make the rules, and therefore their interests almost always come first—no matter what the cost to anymals and less powerful human beings.”
― Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions

“it was easier to talk of hard things in an easy chair -- it was difficult, he had always found, to get angry in an easy chair.”
― Graham Greene, The Human Factor

“Powerful leaders use their position of power to empower others.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“If you have legs that work, walk in the right direction. If you have an audible voice, say constructive words. If you have functional eyes, see great things. If you are in a position of power, use it productively and if you have a sound mind, think exceptionally; for such is not a given, but grace.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“But Herbier was much too fond of Africa and it’s people to feel sorry that he had never been able to to contemplate them from the administrative heights: a fine view, perhaps, but a distant one.”
― Romain Gary, The Roots of Heaven

“One thing you need to understand is that holding a position in any area of your life is not a definition of success but an opportunity. An opportunity is a gateway to success but not the same as success.
Whenever you meet yourself in any position, learn how to turn opportunity to success.”
― Ojingiri Hannah

“Women like Hild chose to join monasteries, rising to positions of great power as abbesses, gaining wisdom and influencing decision-making within the newly emerging church. They had a choice and they embraced lives that brought them in touch with the Christian continent, with new ideas, beautiful art and architecture, and a world of stories, saints and sinners that would change the ideological landscape of Britain long-term. Not until the last decades have women been able to assume such roles within the modern church, but for a short time in the seventh century they were the movers and shakers. [...]”
― Janina Ramírez, Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it