Power Quotes

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge is power.

I would say invisibility would be sort of a fun power to have just to see what it was like to move through the world and not be looked at.

In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and shoulders, but he can't move his arms. If he could just turn on that power to his legs and arms, the nerves could get through and he could walk.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

Threats without power are like powder without ball.

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.

Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.

It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it.

The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.