Power Quotes

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

There's a power that movies and music has, that can move you and motivate you to look at your neighbor in a slightly more respectful way, and look at cultures in a more inclusive way.

Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent; for they introduce words by the eye, not by the ear.

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.

He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.

Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.

The same power that brought Christ back from the dead is operative within those who are Christ’s. The Resurrection is an ongoing thing.

There’s a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.

Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment.

and so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure.

Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right.

Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.

Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large.

Facing your fears robs them of their power.

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!

Revival is God revealing Himself to men in awesome holiness and irresistible power.

Communities need to hear the liberating power of the gospel

Whether you realize it or not, you have the power to be successful.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.

This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason to remember the name

Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power...it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.

If man were never to fade away ... but lingered on forever in the world, how things would lose their power to move us. The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty.

The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.

Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own character and that of the people becomes worse.

It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power.

I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter.

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

Transcendental [numbers], They transcend the power of algebraic methods.

We have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world.

I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power

If you manipulate, coerce, and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example, you will need no power at all.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.

There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy Ghost, reigns supreme in our lives.

Yoga is your direct intimacy with the nurturing power of Life. It is the practical means adapted to personal needs, age, health and all cultures.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.

The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

What was the point in satin and lace if it didn't make a man struggle to speak?

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.