Power Quotes

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other.

Saddam Hussein has been tenacious in his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and, unless he is removed from power, he will eventually harm our nation and our allies. Every moment we delay allows him to grow stronger.

Your real self - the "I am I" - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.

The American woman is more stylish than any other in the world. She understands the power of good style and has the confidence to feel comfortable.

When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.

I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power, that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come.

My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.

I believe I am the highest power, absolutely.

Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to serve. The people are not masters of the bureaucracy, but its clients.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.

Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free.

As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important to me.

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that.

I truly believe that we have infinite levels of power that we don't even know are available to us.

Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true.

I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.