What Is Power Quotes

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.

To operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination.

If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil.

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo.

Wherever there is power, there is age. Don't be deceived by dimples and curls. I tell you that babe is a thousand years old.

I was going to buy a copy of "The Power of Positive Thinking", and then I thought: What good would that do?

Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.

There's a battle going on inside you in Ramadan, and for 30 days Allah gives you the power to win.

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.

Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live

The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.

In the absence of truth, power is the only game in town.

The power of visibility can never be underestimated.

Black power is organizing the rage of Black people and putting new hard questions and demands to white America.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.

There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I hold the most archaic values on earth ... the fertility of the soul, the magic of the animals, the power-vision in solitude.... the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe.

Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it...

Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.

Peace before everything, God before anything, Love before anything, real before everything, Home before any place, shoot before anything, Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate.

The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.

Power is everywhere...because it comes from everywhere.

If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.

The gospel of grace is not the license to sin. On the contrary, it is the power for them to sin no more!

The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.

Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.

While There may be power in forgiveness, there is even more power in lobbing a Molotov cocktail through someone's dining room window.

The world has only as much power over you as you give it. Rebel. Go beyond duality.

Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.

You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. We always have the power of our minds…Claim and consciously use your power.

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.

Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.

Power doesn't corrupt. It's neutral. Someone always wants to corrupt power. It's the way a shotgun is not a deadly weapon until someone chooses to use it irrationally.

I'm free of an abusive cult, based on money and power that worships a fictional deity and safely back with the Catholic Church.

A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.