Power Quotes

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Individual investors have become far more powerful than anyone gives them credit for. Today, 85 million Americans invest in stocks. Collectively, that kind of buying and selling power can move markets.

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I do not mean that you could continue to do this with propriety or even with safety; I merely assert that the power is, in point of fact, in your hands. And for such a power, what a responsibility to God and man!

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.

It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying force, arched surfaces, head resistance, ratio of weight to area, and the intelligence of the guiding power crop up.

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.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun.

As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers.

Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.

We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.

Freewill means that the Universe never judges, never interferes with your own choices - and sees you as a being of equal creative power.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

We have no higher life that is really apart from other people. It is by imagining them that our personality is built up; to be without the power of imagining them is to be a low-grade idiot.

When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.