What Is Power Quotes

Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul this is the miser's curse this the chain and ball the sensualist drags.

The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.

States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force.

They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn.

As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.

All power corrupts but some must govern.

Once the new power has taken over they have to establish a new status quo just to keep the factories and trains running.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington. It's completely out of control. We Republicans came to power to change government, and government changed us.

For truth is strong next to the Almighty. She needs no policies or stratagems or licensings to make her victorious. These are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power.

He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity.

Death from sin no power can separate.

The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.

Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.

In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.

You may lack will power, but that doesn't mean you can't take a lot of steps to make yourself more productive.

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.

Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.

The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and falls into convulsions at the approach of freedom.

Content is an obstacle to the exercise of power.

You have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power.

Order and system are nobler things than power.

Anything which elevates the mind is sublime. Greatness of matter, space, power, virtue or beauty, are all sublime.

The proof of a thing's being right is that it has power over the heart; that it excites us, wins us, or helps us.

In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to show their powers of painting.

Value is the life-giving power of anything; cost, the quantity of labour required to produce it; its price, the quantity of labourwhich its possessor will take in exchange for it.

The power of association is stronger than the power of beauty; therefore, the power of association is the power of beauty.

The Spirit power begins in directing the Animal power to other than egoistic ends.

Commerce is the agency by which the power of choice is obtained.

In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so that's where Places of Power came into being.

The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking that they were just like trees but they were metal.

I experience God as the power of love.

A woman holds dreadful power over a man who is in love with her but she should realize that the quality and force of his love is the index of his potential contempt and hatred.

It is not possible . . . to concentrate enough military planes with military loads over a modern city to destroy that city.

I told my manager, 'If we can't do the things now that we want to do, what good is the power?... Let's test it and try to get the things done that we believe in.'

Revolution is just one crowd taking power from another.

Congress in the immigration law gives the president the power to restrict or suspend the entry of people he may deem appropriate.

The word "influence" means the power to change or affect someone.

There's a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them.

Money is just another word for power.

I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way.

We're not going to be living in a world of abundant coal power in a hundred years.

Conservatives are much more comfortable supporting the leader who's in power than liberals.

If people stop having secrets they stop having power.

I don't hate things, but I'm turned off by arrogance. I also don't like power for the sake of power.

I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power: whether you like it or not, this is the United States.

The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it.

Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.

Man must not only make himself: the weightiest thing he has to do is to determine what he is going to be. He is causa sui to the second power.