Quotes About Position

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any of the previous emperors had this insatiable thirst for power.

The poem begins, "About suffering they were never wrong, / The Old Masters: how well they understood / Its human position; how it takes place / While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along.

Marketing people know the corporate position so well that they automatically develop pricing strategies compatible with it rather than with market needs.

Three Questions to Ask of Each Business in Your Portfolio 1.?Is it in a good industry? 2.?Does it occupy a great position in that industry? 3.?Does it deliver a strong ROI?

If an individual owns a small business, the equity-oriented nature of the private holding argues for a lower equity position in the investor's financial holdings. Investors benefit from taking the broadest view of their financial circumstances.

One of the main purposes of asana practice is to be able to do Savasana well. It is the time when the body replenishes itself and balances the energy created in your practice. Many great teachers have said that savasana is the most important position and the reason we practice all of the other asanas. It is also a form of pratyahara or sensory withdrawal in which we can rest our motor organs and contact the peace within that is the real goal of Yoga.

Managerialism has become the pretext for creating a new covert form of feudalism, where wealth and position are allocated not on economic but political grounds

Managerialism has become the pretext for creating a new covert form of feudalism, where wealth and position are allocated not on economic but political grounds - or rather, where every day it's more difficult to tell the difference between what can be considered 'economic' and what is 'political.

Managerialism has become the pretext for creating a new covert form of feudalism, where wealth and position are allocated not on economic but political grounds—or rather, where every day it's more difficult to tell the difference between what can be considered "economic" and what is "political.

These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--position and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them

If two direction-finders take bearings like that on a signal and a control center draws the lines of direction on a map, the point at which they cross marks the position of the transmitter.

Grip stands—Also known as c-stands and gobo stands. These three-legged, collapsing stands are essential tools in lighting. They come with a grip head (gobo head) and grip arm and are used to position flags and nets, bounce cards, and so on. Be sure to always place a sandbag on the higher leg to stabilize.

You're lucky. You've got money—enough money to rescue, and to choose who you rescue—and you want the satisfaction of exercising that power. And yet there's another side to it. There's my admitting, my having to admit, that if I'd led a better, more orderly life, I wouldn't be in this position

Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical.

If you are not royalty, He is not King.

Under grace, God is the blesser and you, the blessed. Can you simply take your place?

It is God's objective to make your condition line up with your position.

Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.

God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.