Power - Quotes & Sayings
The songs that are on my playlist find themselves there because I can identify with the lyrics, or they have some magical transformative power in the beat.
Hilary KnightOur power creates collective production in the service of the people and the revolution, destroys exploiting production, transforms individualistic producers into producers integrated into the collectivity.
Samora MachelTo keep ourselves grounded in the Lord's Church, we can and must train our eyes to recognize the power of the Lord in the service of those He has called. We must be worthy of the companionship of the Holy Ghost. And we need to pray for the Holy Ghost to help us know that men who lead us hold this power.
Henry B. EyringThe key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.
Tori AmosUnless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.
Dan MillmanGuerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance, compromise and humility. Almost none manages to do so.
Stephen KinzerThere is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Everett DirksenWhat for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
Boris PasternakPrayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
E. Stanley JonesGenerally, a rally will have staying power, technicians say, if, in addition to price movements, it has heavy trading volume and breadth, meaning that several stocks rise for each stock that falls.
Alex BerensonNo one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at a civilian nuclear power plant.
Joe BartonAll UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.
James BuchanA big idea is great, but putting that big idea into action has the power to change the world.
Tae YooMubarak came to power as a hero who fought bravely in Egypt's wars and headed the nation's air force.
Ahmed ZewailResponsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
Josiah Gilbert HollandThe whole Jacket thing is so much about us playing together and creating this circle of power.
Jim JamesBefore, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.
Gwen StefaniBill Clinton was impeached primarily for criminal conduct: lying under oath and misleading a federal grand jury about his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Nixon would have been impeached for a wide array of criminal acts, as well as abuses of power.
Jonathan TurleyYou would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.
Whitey FordIt is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers.
Tsakhiagiin ElbegdorjHumans are possessed, to some degree, with the power of foresight. Yet we so often learn things the hard way, through disaster.
David GrinspoonThere is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations.
David KortenMoral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.
Andrew YoungWhile I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since no one else will, I am also cognizant of the power that the mainstream Western media still has on shaping perceptions of the continent.
Ory OkollohFor a photographer, sharks are a stirring subject, possessing a perfect blend of grace and power. They have been sculpted by evolution and are ideally suited for whichever ecosystem they inhabit, from coral reefs to the open ocean.
Brian SkerryThe wrong people will do everything in their power to guarantee that the wrong political climate will continue. It seems, then, that the wrong people ensure the wrong political climate and the wrong political climate ensures the wrong people. How then to break free of this vicious circle?
William A. DembskiOften times, the more power and prestige a person achieves, the more arrogant a person can become.
John EnsignBeware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.
Edgar Lee MastersNo man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
Denis DiderotThe eye sees what it brings the power to see.
Thomas CarlyleThe advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
David OgilvyI'll tell you one thing for sure: once you get to the point where you're actually doing things for truth's sake, then nobody can ever touch you again because you're harmonizing with a greater power.
George HarrisonOrder is power.
Henri Frederic AmielThere is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a man's reasoning powers.
Bernard BaruchThe value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
Aung San Suu KyiWill power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
Cesare PaveseEach underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.
Deborah TannenThose who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.
Michael SchumacherAuthority must be respected and chosen wisely.
Lech WalesaEliminate the energy vampires in your house. Connect all of your appliances to power strips and turn them off they're when not in use.
Gretchen BleilerA true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Pierre CorneilleAn alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
PhaedrusCapitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
Barney FrankThe most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
Jorge RamosThe power of the Internet is also its limitation - it provides access to large amounts of information without providing guidance on how to sort out what is credible and what is not.
Dean OrnishAs you submit to God more and more, you will get accustomed to being nourished by the power of truth. He is so holy that He cannot lie. God reveals His truth to His people through the Holy Spirit.
Monica JohnsonThe power of the people and the power of reason are one.
Georg BuchnerIt's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their warmth.
Amy CuddyThe most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.
Edwin LandHuman beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature.
Edward Thorndike