Power Quotes

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.

Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; The good, the true, the tender - these form the wealth of home.

There is so much a man can tell you,So much he can say.You remain, my power, my pleasure, my pain

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

You have the power in the present moment to change limiting beliefs and consciously plant the seeds for the future of your choosing. As you change your mind, you change your experience.

To whatever degree you listen and follow your intuition, you become a creative channel for the higher power of the universe.

No power from above can make one human love another. Love comes from within the heart. (Julian)

To mature is in part to realize that while complete intimacy and omniscience and power cannot be had, self-transcendence, growth, and closeness to others are nevertheless within one's reach.

The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.

All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible.

One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

One of the most meaningful things we can do as parents is teach our children the power of prayer, not just the routine of prayer.

Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses.

I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves.

Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't.

Every form of power comes down to language. In law, there's all kinds of words you don't know if you're not a lawyer and that gives them power. In business, it's the same thing.

Success leaves clues, Proximity is power. Love your family, CHOOSE your peers.

Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.

No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the people.

Yela represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. Wolf speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

If you ever know a man who tries to drown his sorrows, kindly inform him his sorrows know how to swim.

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist

Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power.

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.

Most women are one man away from welfare.

Music has power to create a universe or to destroy a civilization.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state: Turbid ardors and vain joys Not barrenly abate-- Stimulants to the power mature, Preparatives of fate.

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.

Heart power is better than horsepower.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

The biggest problem that women have is being ambivalent about their own power, ... We should be comfortable with the idea of wielding power. We shouldn't feel that it detracts from our femininity.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The real power, the power we have to fight for night and day, is not power over things, but over men

Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.

Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.

Direct, forceful, energetic. Loves power, eats up publicity and flattery... Can turn on charm at will and knows it.