Powerful Quotes

The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic goal is to integrate the ego with the body and its striving for pleasure and sexual fulfilment.

Better use has been made of association and this powerful instrument of action has been applied for more varied aims in America than anywhere else in the world.

Turkey's economy is powerful enough to tackle tough times.

His Majesty has always been a powerful man. Perhaps he has never had to distinguish between the two.

I'm really interested in culture because it is such a powerful human force, particularly in America where we think it's all about the individual.

A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of seeing.

That occurs everywhere, unfortunately. Powerful, smart women who make it to the end sometimes are not seen as the same charismatic likable guys.

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented.

I define sexy as a real salt-of-the-earth woman who knows who she is, who feels strong and powerful.

I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.

I don't come from a musical family and didn't go to Julliard or anything, but I had this kind of vision of stuff that was so powerful that I just needed to find it. I have no regrets.

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third

I'm an all powerful amazon warrior, not just some sniveling girl.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

The freedom that comes with globalization is freedom for the rich and powerful nations to further exploit and further marginalize those at the bottom of the social ladder.

But all liberals only have empathy for the exact same victims - always the ones that are represented by powerful liberal interest groups.

People in powerful positions come under scrutiny, and sometimes they get in trouble for things that their underlings did.

Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.

Turns out, people's brains are not nearly as powerful a motivator as our hearts. Facts, data, and economic models don't move people to courageous action the way that powerful stories can.

Forgiveness is a powerful expression of the love within our soul.

I've felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father's family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

We need to believe in a bright, compelling and sustainable future. Fear neither motivates people long-term nor brings out the best in them. Hope is a powerful motivator.

Tact is not a small thing; in the battle of life it is more powerful than a bludgeon.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.

The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.

The law is a powerful thing but the law doesn't always change what's in people's hearts. And so all of us have an obligation to think about how we're treating other people.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

Tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.

In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.

Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever price is required to secure our freedom.

There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times.

The absence of hope can rot a society from within.

The wort terrorist attack in American history also brought out the best in our country...We are United as Americans.

His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.

Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.

The interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.

Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder.

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.

This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged.

I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you.

My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction.

I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what's happening to poor folks in this society.

We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.

I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.

That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

Nothing is more powerful than the black church experience. A good choir and a good sermon in the black church, it's pretty hard not to be move and be transported.

Iran is the latest expression of a deep, ancient, powerful culture that's different than ours. And we don't know how it's going to play itself out.

If God cares about our puny species, then disasters prove that he is not all-powerful; and if he is all-powerful, then clearly he doesn't give a damn.