Power Quotes

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

Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

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

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.

I'm keeping my power to myself and my glow. I'm not giving anybody my glow anymore.

The insatiable need for heartless power and ruthless control is the telltale sign of an uninitiated man - the most irresponsible, incompetent and destructive force on earth.

If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, 'Just wait.'

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.

A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

When I first came to Wakefield Cathedral, I thought, 'How does man conceive to build something like this?' It's a building that has transcended time over the centuries, and you appreciate the magnitude of humankind's power and vision. When you're inside, you feel as though the rest of the world doesn't exist.