What Is Power Quotes

It's a sad thing about politics that most people get power too late, in that they differ from ladies of easy virtue who get their pleasures too early.

I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.

New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang somebody.

Most of the negro leaders who get the support of the power structure end up being against [Reverend] Galamison.

No president ever had more power than [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt.

I admire a man who fights a battle against opposition, and if there wasn't something about [Reverend] Galamison that the people, I notice that the power structure is against Galamison.

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.

I think the Chinese do have visions of being a great power. And I think it's legitimate. And I don't see that that's a danger to us.

It's a little bit annoying, because it feels like everybody's taking the power away from you. Everybody's taking your adult life away from you. On one level, I used to resent it.

Words have no power when someone isn't listening to you anymore

Griefs, at the moment when they change into ideas, lose some of their power to injure our heart.

Easy to read, yet filled with wisdom that will penetrate your heart, this book puts the power back in your hands. It’s a must have.

The world is a safer and better place that the United States is the strongest military power on earth. The stronger you are, the less likelihood you'll ever have to use it.

It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.

Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.

Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life, - there, if one must speak out, the real man.

That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.

The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to accord with what can be done and what is given it to do.

Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

In the midst of all this great variety of subjects, an individual cannot attain to perfection in each, because it is scarcely in his power to take in and comprehend the general theories of them.

Words have incredible power. They can make people's hearts soar, or they can make people's hearts sore.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.

... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

It is often the case with finer natures, that when the fire of the spirit dies out with increasing age, the power of the intellect is unaltered or increased.

Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them.

When we confront facts and fears, we achieve real power and unleash our capacity for change.

today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.

Don't knock the power of a pest," Leif said. "Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations.

Every person has the latent ability to read minds and influence the physical world without touching it, but they don't have the ability to connect with the power source.

One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment.

Surrender doesn't obstruct power; it enhances it.

The issue is not whether or not you have that power, the issue is whether or not you use it.

Feminine power isn't something we go out and acquire; it's already within us. It's something we become willing to experience. Something to admit we have

Yes, we see that there are problems in the world. But we believe in a universal force that, when activated by the human heart, has the power to make all things right.

So it is that a new politics centers around the arousal of that power, using prayer and meditation to create a force field of transformation.

Absolute power is absolute power, no matter what it's called.

In this world, all power rests upon force.

There's power to: and everyone should have that, but everyone doesn't. Power to play Bach, or tennis, or boccie if you like. And there's power over; and no one should have that, but people do.

There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency.

Never underestimate the power of helplessness!

you can't equate passive dependent power with assertive power because the dependent kind isn't fun, it doesn't give you a kick, it just allows you to survive.

Bigger than any obstacle is the strength that one posses It's a power that overcomes every obstacle

Power isn't everything ...its the only thing.

Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead without wisdom.

If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I want to sit at the table.

Immoral is choosing not to act when you hold in your hands the power to create perfection.

Open offices keep everyone in tune with what is going on and keep the energy up. If an employee is about privacy, show him or her how to use the lock on the bathroom.

I worked hard and smarter than most people in the businesses I have been in.

The lights are better, safer, and start at around $20. They use less battery power. Normally you get 8 to 10 hours of battery life on a standard light. You can get 150 hours with the LED.