Power Quotes

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.

These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.

Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.

A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives.

It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.

Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.

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

India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.

Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.

But it will be said that the husband provides for the wife, or in other words, he feeds, clothes and shelters her! I wish I had the power to make every one before me fully realize the degradation contained in that idea.

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.

In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue.

If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people.

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

People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power.

I shall begin my march for Camp tomorrow morning. It was not in my power to move until I could procure shoes for the troops almost barefoot.

It is only with burning anger that we can speak of this attack by counter-revolutionary reactionary elements against the capital of our country, against our people's democratic order and the power of the working class.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

If I had the power, I would ban leggings.

I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for me.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response.

There are two things that interest me - and they're both power, ultimately. One is not having it and one is abusing it.

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.