Power Quotes

Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.

You don't have to wait till your party's in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.

Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree.

The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind

Truth in our ideas means their power to work.

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.

Regret is an odd emotion because it comes only upon reflection. Regret lacks immediacy, and so its power seldom influences events when it could do some good.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.

Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself - to serve.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.

Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light.

Being of no power to make his wishes good: His promises fly so beyond his state That what he speaks is all in debt; he owes For every word.

Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But bad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower?

A power is passing from the earth.

As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action.

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.

Happiness is the possession of the excellence proper to us, and of the power subservient to it.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

Henceforth, the United States may have to determine how to cope with regional coalitions that seek to push America out of Eurasia, thereby threatening America's status as a global power.

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.

Fishing is a pleasure of retirement, yet the angler has the power to let the fish live or die.

You enhance your chances for success when you understand that your yearning power is more important than your earning power

With definite goals you release your own power, and things start happening.

It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.

But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you have some say as to what your currency is going to be. I decided early on it was not going to be my looks.

If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.

There and then, sitting beside her and within the strength of my adoration, I felt invincible.

Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.

Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.

When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.

I think sometimes women are not driven by the same, albeit, testosterone power thing that pushes men to get into politics.

We're comfortable with women in certain roles but not comfortable with women expressing anger or fully accepting their power. The most daring question a woman can ask is, 'What do I want?'

We live in a world in which celebrity recognition, media access, and power translate very quickly into political power and indeed economic power.

If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt?

Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack.

Will power defeats all powers

You have the absolute power to change someone's life with kindness.

Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.