Will Power Quotes

Every word of [the Constitution] decides a question between power and liberty.

Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused.

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.

The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which no apprehensions are entertained.

The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be the interest which they will individually feel in whatever concerns the government.

For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power?

What test?" Asked Nudge. "Max, you're incorruptible." "Only by power." I said. "You haven't tried chocolate yet.

I'll just ask now: What is it about my persona that draws every insane, power-hungry nutcase to me like a magnet?

To me, Los Angeles and California and executive power are about big, open warehouse buildings. Tech companies are buying oversized buildings, because they project growth immediately.

Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave.

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.

Recognize that you are a spiritual being who is part of a large cosmic family of spiritual beings. You have the power, strength, and talent to fulfill your own individual earthly destiny.

We have great power to see the truth when the truth is all we wish to see; but what is easier than to credit what we desire? and can a man deceive anyone so easily as himself?

Meditation ... must be power of will and strength of attention, being like a flight to great heights wherein wings must be plied hard though joyfully.

I think ambition is a desire for recognition. People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement.

People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement.

I think Donald Trump believes in democracy and the right to change of power.

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

I wouldn't underestimate the power of writing a letter.

Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority.

But there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.

She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.

The trick is to get people to read anything, to engender the love of reading. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. Librarians are key, I think. They hold the power to empower.

Men fear that becoming 'we' will erase his 'I.' For women, our 'we' is our saving grace Women's relationships are like a renewable source of power.

The possibility exists that the Kochs will walk away with even more power if [Donalds] Trump's defeated.

Money has much more power down the ballot.

The smaller the office, the more power individuals with big money have.

Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!

youth is so insatiable of happiness, and has such sublimely insane faith in its own power to make happy and be happy!

I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots.

You read so much about the healing power of memoir, but you don't read about the wounding power it has first. The recollection of past events is not, in and of itself, therapeutic.

The nerd flavor of masculinity has overwhelmed the macho kind in real-life power dynamics, and therefore in popular culture.

The power to regulate the economy is the same thing as the power to distribute favors.

What we see happening with this Republican strategy is a willingness to threaten the very foundation of the world's greatest economic power. That is a very risky proposition.

The big question now is who will take power in Afghanistan once the Taliban is defeated. I was thinking, how about Al Gore? He's not doing anything, he needs a job, and he's already got the beard.

In human history who hold the reigns of political power, and there are some women who were very much a team player during their husband's oppressive regime.

You can make an idea spread for good but you can also make an idea spread for bad and the power to make an idea spread, memetics, you know which now people talk about memes.

I had a very good package for Phoenix, but at other tracks we do not have the power. The Brazilian Grand Prix was maybe closer to the reality.

Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself!

capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature.

the power of a text is not time-bound. The words go on doing their work.

All the rest of the world could only kill or devastate my mind and body. Bones alone held the power to demolish my soul.

Killing your rival doesn’t guarantee happiness. Sometimes it ruins any chance you have of it instead. Memories of dead men hold far more power than the annoyances of living ones.

ISIS has a caliphate the size of Indiana! Also, US military has been totally gutted. Can't even project power anymore.

Pentecostals believe they experience the power of the Holy Spirit at various times. I believe that also since I have experienced it first-hand. It's not something that can be easily explained.

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

I wish that Google would realize its own power in the cause of free speech. Google lives and profits by free speech and must use its considerable power to become a better guardian of it.

I'm interested in power.

We know the Chinese have revealed millions of background information on millions of people in the United States, and these, I suppose, ultimately are part of international big-power politics.

Whoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil and quiet, I'm going to bang on the door."