What Is Power Quotes

I wanted to show that women are empowered and strong, and don't have to be saved by some male hero, but they can take care of themselves using their intelligence and their power.

God doesn't author hardship but uses it to strengthen us for greater conquests. He never leads us into a storm that He doesn't give us the power to overcome.

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally.

Strength is but one aspect of power.

I ain't going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin' now is Black Power!

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.

It is the worst way that big power could act, it is arrogance, it is proudness, it is measuring of one's decision in accordance to his bigness, unfortunately, therefore lack of any wisdom.

Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.

There's too many people in seats of power who just haven't got a clue what they're doing. They're bean counters, and it just pisses me off because consequently our kids go to see this crap movie.

In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of their fellow citizens to remain indifferent.

The Gospel is a gospel of power or it is nothing at all.

Power just makes you reject destiny and devour your fate.

The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God's power spills over into other areas of our life.

All the civilizations we know have been created and directed by small intellectual aristocracies, never by people in the mass. The power of crowds is only to destroy.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.

These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.

There is a world within - a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and beauty, and although invisible, its forces are mighty.

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.

Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.

I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

Successful witnessing is taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.

I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky's the limit.

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.

For above all, love is a sharing. Love is a power. Love is a change that takes place in our own heart. Sometimes it may change others, but always it changes us.

Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.

Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.

Position yourself in the center of God's love. Believe in His love and walk in the power of His might.

We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.

Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive province of Congress to change a state of peace into a state of war.