Power Quotes

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Power wears out those who don't have it.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed; and that you have no power.

The source and center of all man's creative power... is his power of making images, or the power of imagination.

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

Every white man in this country has been raised with a false sense of power.

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

The permanent power brokers of this city are the columnists.

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

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many different sorts of data are available.

I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory.

You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

This is why I wanted to be different and why I wanted to have power and fame and money: because I wanted to be attractive to the opposite sex. I'd be lying to you if I didn't say that was a big part of it.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.