What Is Power Quotes

As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

when you judge the power that is in a person, you must judge their capacities as both friend and as enemy.

Knowledge is not power; Implementation is power

My aim is not to exhibit craft, but rather to submerge it, and make it rightfully the handmaiden of beauty, power and emotional content.

In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.

Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.

Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision.

Prayer has the power to change mountains into highways.

Begin to do small things in a great way...You must put the whole power of your great soul into every act.

The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.

To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.

Knowledge is potential; action is power.

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.

I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.

I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.

Returning to power in northern India is very important for the Congress party. No magic wand will work. We have to make our efforts. It will be a long and difficult struggle for us.

My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That you be willing to give up some resources.

I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it.

It is in our power to educate all the children of the world to become a little better as people, a little happier.

The time has come for us to understand that the Eternal Feminine is the greatest power in this Universe.

Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion.

Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.

A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.

In the long run, the power of kindness can redeem beyond the power of force to destroy. There is a vast reservoir of kindness that we can no longer afford do disregard.

In our society many of the old rituals have lost much of their power. New ones have not arisen.

When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.

We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power.

Neither tolerance nor intolerance is grounded in science and reason, but they are themselves acts of faith grounded in social custom and the politics of expediency and power.

To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.

Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.

Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.

The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you

Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is: Do you have staying power?

Anyone who doesn't focus on Jesus Christ and His finished work has neither the wisdom of God nor the power of God.

Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.

What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.

Never underestimate the power of sitting quietly.

The land is ours. I will do everything in my power, forever, to fight against a Palestinian state being founded in the Land of Israel.

I will do everything in my power to prevent a Palestinian state

Only you have the power to change your thoughts. Alter your thoughts and you alter your world.

One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.

To "know thyself" must mean to know the malignancy of one's own instincts and to know, as well, one's power to deflect it.

The power of every dictator has two main sources: His psychopathic mind and the support of the very easily deceivable ignorant masses!

Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.