Relinquishing Power Quotes

Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.

I didn't say I'm walking away. I said I was stepping down as chairman. I won't walk away. I'll be carried away.

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up

If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand.

When the reality of power has been surrendered, it's playing a dangerous game to seek to retain the appearance of it; the external aspect of vigor can sometimes support a debilitated body, but most often it manages to deal it the final blow.

Oddly, the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the throne of our own miniature kingdoms.

It is a common happening that those in power, as their tenure of office continues, find themselves less and less able to contemplate relinquishing it.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

As long as I hold tightly to something, I believe I own it. But when I give it away, I relinquish control, power, and prestige. When I realize that God has a claim not merely on the few dollars I might choose to throw in an offering plate, not simply on 10 percent or even 50 percent, but on 100 percent of "my" money, it's revolutionary. If I'm God's money manager, I'm not God. Money isn't God. God is God. So God, money, and I are each put in our rightful place.

Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.

We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.

Got to lose control before you take control.

The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.

It's always hard to watch something you create be put in somebody else's hands.

The desire to have power dissolves. The desire to dominate people for love dissolves. On the other hand, it's a relief to realize you can let go.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

Jesus, take the wheel Take it from my hands 'Cause I can't do this on my own I'm letting go So give me one more chance To save me from this road I'm on Jesus, take the wheel