Power Quotes

We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.

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

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.

I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

Do you know how many women in a survey reported experiences of sexual harassment on the job? Eighty percent. It is so common. It's normalized. And it's an abuse of power.

To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.

It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

If you have excellent people, then you have to give them the power.

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.

I don't believe in a heaven or a hell or an old man sitting on a throne. I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable.

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

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.