Will Power Quotes

Movies have heart. Have mind. Have power. Have ambition.

The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.

A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.

Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.

Without any doubt, I am striving for power.

Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds.

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

One main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of wandering.

The power of Christianity lies in its revelation in act, of that which Plato divined in theory.

By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the mental power of the race.

We all want to be guilty, because guilt is power.

Truth is dissent, where all power resides in the Big Lie.

I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

I remind myself of the power of thought and how it's my obligation as a citizen (and student) of humanity to propel compassion.

I don't underestimate the power of mental preparation throughout all of my training. I'm in a much better state of mind about competition.

What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?

Nuclear power has died of an incurable attack of market forces and is way beyond any hope of revival, because the competitors are several-fold cheaper and are getting rapidly more so.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them.

I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his? He was a prisoner of himself.

In ceasing to subordinate creative power to any supreme value, modern art has brought home to us the presence of that creative power throughout the whole history of art.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

Now let us sport us while we may; And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour, Than languish in his slow-chapped power.

Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.

I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.

In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before

There's this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent. But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went.

All the wrong people have the power of suggestion and the freedom of the press is meaningless if nobody asks a question.

I do believe that music has an intense power to connect us together, to inspire us to become ourselves.

By definition, design, and practice, capitalism is a system that concentrates economic power in the hands of the few to the exclusion of the many.

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us.

Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state and private force.

It is a common happening that those in power, as their tenure of office continues, find themselves less and less able to contemplate relinquishing it.

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options.

Time past, even God is deprived of the power of recalling.

Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.

There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?

For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .

If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to follow and obey, but he must have the capacity for action as well as virtue.

I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it.

Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.

Anyone in England who puts himself forward to be elected to a position of political power is almost bound to be socially or emotionally insecure, or criminally motivated, or mad.

When socialism comes into power, the Roman Church will advocate socialism with the same vigor [with which] it is now favoring feudalism and slavery.

We should have a debt that grows our productivity, we cant borrow to pay salaries. I can borrow to build power plants.

A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals - opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope.