What Is Power Quotes

The property of power is to protect.

It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.

Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.

Jah would never give the power to a baldhead; run come crucify the Dread.

India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.

Regardless of our individual circumstances, we can all enjoy the full blessings of priesthood power through keeping the covenants we have made at baptism and in the temple.

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

Art is interested in life at the moment when the ray of power is passing through it.

I'm very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the people who have more power than me, who control the money.

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power

When you doubt your powers, you power your doubts

Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle.

Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.

I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Practice the healing power of the compassionate mind.

It is this power structure which the Radical Right in the United States has been attacking for years in the belief that they are attacking the Communists.

Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms.

No pressure is greater than God's power.

I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it.

What matters most: passion or competence that was born in? Berkshireis full of people who have a peculiar passion for their own business. I would argue passion is more important than brain power.

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.

The guerrilla band is not to be considered inferior to the army against which it fights simply because it is inferior in fire power.

How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on power.

All of this has to be understood as part of a process leading ultimately to a treaty that will give an international body power over our domestic laws.

It’s like he has this power over me—like I have an eating disorder and he’s a package of Oreo Double Stuff cookies.

If you’re unhappy at the amount of sexual opportunity in your life, don’t blame the women. Instead, make sure they have equal access to power, wealth, and status. Then watch what happens.

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

Black power got to moving so fast that we miscalculated the fallout. I certainly have to take some of the responsibility of that; but there was no way we anticipated the response.

I love the example of Jefferson because he's willing to murder his government and then he becomes a president and then his face is in a mountain. Just because he exercised his power.

It strikes me there's a bunch of people in power who have really strong intentions of running the world and adjusting the world to exactly how they see it.

There is explosive power in virtue.

Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.

Reality is my drug. The more I have of it, the more power I get and the higher I feel

It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness

Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.

I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.

Law is but a heathen word for power.

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world.

If the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end.

Obviously we're a consumer nation and you have the power to influence these big corporations who are running the world right now through what you chose to, or not to, purchase.

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations.

Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.

We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job.