Power Quotes

The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.

The real solution to the problem of poverty consists in finding how to increase the employment and earning power of the poor.

Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.

Information is power. If you have information about the whole planet you have power over the whole planet. By knowing what people do in Germany they, of course, have power over them.

Educational enterprises do not for any length of time remain immune from the struggle of interests for power which is the dominant feature of social life under a class system.

The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.

Focus on your dream and do everything in your power. You have the power to change your life circumstances.

There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.

Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who can't/won't control their population growth?

Sometimes it's not about speed about power, it's about up here man [points to his head]. All these guys are not with me mentally.

We cannot underestimate the power of the different art forms, and the correspondences between them, which are an unending source of inspiration and enrichment.

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.

If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power.

Every man needs to find a peak, a mountain top or a remote island of his own choosing that he reaches under his own power alone in his own good time.

There is nothing to guarantee the superior judgment, knowledge, and integrity of an inspector or a bureaucrat-and the deadly consequences of entrusting him with arbitrary power are obvious.

It is highly probable that the bulk of the Jew's ancestors 'never' lived in Palestine 'at all,' which witnesses the power of historical assertion over fact.

Success is to be measured not by wealth, power, or fame, but by the ratio between what a man is and what he might be.

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

Past mistakes cannot create a present pain; no mistake in life has the power to make us ache any more than the echo of someone crying can shed tears.

Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance.

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.

Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless young scholar and constitutional invalid.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

The object of power is power.

...I deeply believe that there is a power greater than ours that's helping us in our fight.

Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.

You gain or lose power according to the choices that you make.

Power comes and goes. It can vanish in the twinkling of an eye, like smoke dissolving in the air.

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

What the world calls virtue is a name and a dream without Christ. The foundation of all human excellence must be laid deep in the blood of the Redeemer's cross, and in the power of His resurrection.

Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

Power either goes up or down. Your thoughts are the harness of power. It is necessary to think positive thoughts, not just wait for them to occur, but to introduce them.

The Grand Canyon is living evidence of the power of water over a period of time. The power may not manifest immediately. Water can be very powerful, like a tidal wave.

The less the mind understands and the more things it perceives, the greater its power of feigning is; and the more things it understands, the more that power is diminished.

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak.

Power comes from the navel center. If you meditate for an hour or so a day and you focus on that sphere, you will release a tremendous power that will enter your body. We call it the chi.

Pictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

If meditate on the third eye and have headaches it means you are trying to pull in too much power from the occult chakra. The danger is obsession.

Faith is the power, obedience the sacrifice, love the means, Christ the reason.

Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

God's power under us, in us, surging through us, is exactly what turns dependence into unforgettable experiences of completeness.

I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he's drunk.

I dread specialists in power because they are specialists speaking outside of their special subject.

A creative person has little power over his own life. He is not free. He is captive and driven by his daimon.

Electricity generation emits more carbon dioxide in the United States than does transportation or industry, and nuclear power is the largest source of carbon-free electricity in the country.

Managing the power of choice, with all it's creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience.