Carolyn Gold Heilbrun Quotes

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

Power is the agency to effect change, pure and simple. The more power you have, the clearer and less frictional the trajectory from an idea in your mind to its birth in real life.

I could make a difference.

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

Opinion is power.

You cannot effectuate change if you do not have power.

Power may be defined as the production of intended effects

No matter which way I move you, that's a powerful thing to be able to do.

... The future is very markedly in your hands, its value and its moral standing in the world and among ourselves. If you will take the power you have and use it, I have no fear of the outcome of the future.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

Leadership is influence.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

Knowledge is not just power - it is control.

It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose pressed up against the glass. You cannot window-shop for power.

Power is the ability to get things done.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

If I said it once, I'll say it again: 'We have the power to change everything.'

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.