Power Quotes
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.
Climate change is the perfect pseudoscientific theory for a big government politician who wants more power. Why? Because it is a theory that can never be disproven.
Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.
The reason we must put on the whole armor of God is to withstand evil. We don't war against people, but against a spiritual hierarchy of invisible power.
The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, nymphs! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.
A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched with a jealous eye.
Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.
If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If your money works for you, you keep and control the power.
In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.
The power to tax involves the power to destroy;...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create.
From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.
The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.
This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
We . . . exercise on earth the power of our Lord and seek with all our might to bring those sheep of His flock who are outside into the fold committed to our charge . . .
Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.
Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men, and of the human frame A mechanized automaton.
Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.
A lot of people wonder how a 21-year-old with average power (I finished 89th in driving distance) can be so successful. The answer is simple: I know how to score.
If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself.
But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power.
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin.
As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.
I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is.
When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.
We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.
Now everybody's bloggin'. I heard somebody say, "Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation." Everyone's an authority so there's nobody in power, 'cause everyone thinks they're in power.
If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?
Animal cruelty is one of the most unfortunate and barbaric demonstrations of human beings manipulating ill conceived notions of ‘power’ over other species.
The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper.
Love is qualified as an attribute of that force, power or influence known as God. Thus as man makes application of love in his daily experience, he finds God a personal God.
In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag of the plane. So it also is with humans.