Power Quotes

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.

Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.

The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.

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.

Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of force, is necessarily erroneous.

If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.

I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

I've been kind of embracing my own power and really getting in touch with my inner goddess.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

The Obamacare contraception mandate was never about freedom. It was always about pitting secularism against religion, and using the power of government to sponsor secularism.

I know it's a cliche. But, like, literally, I want to create an empire of dozens of talent under me to take my power and multiply it so that I become bigger than myself.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.

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.

The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering. But, most important, it's flawed.

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

By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority.