Elizabeth Dole Quotes

You have to use power. And there is nothing wrong with wielding power in the pursuit of policies that will add to the human good.

It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely.

Power doesn't back up in the face of a smile, or in the face of a threat of some kind of nonviolent loving action. It's not the nature of power to back up in the face of anything but some more power.

… the less we use our power the greater it will be.

We really have the power to illuminate all negative things in our life, but we have to find that light source inside of us and really tap in with it and reconnect with it.

To me, the #1 key to success is 'creating lasting positive change in yourself and others.' That is what is most rare, most difficult, and most valuable about leading people.

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.

Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems with power. There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

[On power:] Some people really have almost a disdain for that word. They feel it is alien to conscience. Power for power's sake, no. But the positive use of power for positive purposes is very important. You have to understand that. You've got to have a seat at the policy table if you want to make a difference.

The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.

It's about the quality of the worry," I said. "I have happier worries now than I used to.

I belive power can be used for good, I don't think every form of power is absolute evil. I wish I would have stepped in, and I really regret it. And that's why I really encourage young people who are organizing to speak up.

Any power, of course, depends upon the values of the person exercising the power.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).

While might certainly does not make right, neither does right by itself make might.

The only power that has any real meaning is the power to better the world.

We believe in a government strong enough to use words like "love" and "compassion" and smart enough to convert our noblest aspirations into practical realities.

Do not disregard the accumulation of goodness, saying, 'This will come to nothing.' By the gradual falling of raindrops, a jar is filled.

To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.

If you are to rule men, you must rule them through their own ideas.

There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points and heartbreaks only make sense as we look back, rather than as we are experiencing them. So we might as well live life as if - as the poet Rumi put it - everything is rigged in our favor.

When we change our thoughts, we can truly change the world.