Power Quotes

By being peaceful, quiet, and receptive, you pattern yourself in the image of God, and you regain the power of your Source.

Prayer has mighty power to move mountains because the Holy Spirit is ready both to encourage our praying and to remove the mountains hindering us.

Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

I am your servant. You have the right to dismiss me when you please. What you have no right to do is ask me to bear responsibility without the power of action.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist.

The cultural transformation from the love of power to the power of love is the drama of our time.

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

Real power comes by empowering others.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may prevent its use for desirable purposes.

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.

There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived.

Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance.

Be good. Do good. The devil wields no power over a good man.

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima. . . . The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.

We must face the fact that peace must be built on power, as well as upon good will and good deeds.

In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.

You give your power away when you make someone or something outside of you more important than what is inside of you.

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company.

One who scorns the power of intuition will never rise above the ranks of journeyman calculator.

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

Beauty lies in nature and reveals, once the artist has perceived it, its own expressive power.

It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!

Women must commit to use our power-to on our own behalf so we can translate it into the power to help others and ourselves.

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.

It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

God enabled me to speak with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power.

We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism.

I believe in fate and I believe that things happen for a reason, but I don't think that there's a high power, necessarily. I believe in karma very much though.

The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.

All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...] magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.

Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.

Love is a force. . . . It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product. It is a power, like money, or steam or electricity. It is valueless unless you can give something else by means of it.

How wonderful, how miraculous, all beings, but all beings, are fully endowed with the wisdom and power of the Tathagat. But, sadly, human beings, due to sticky attachments, are not aware of it

Ponder the depth and the power of loyalty-the ability to serve and support a cause greater than yourself.

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.