Power Quotes
The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.George Washington
The body is a marvelous machine... a chemical laboratory, a power - House. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels.Theodor Herzl
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.Charles Caleb Colton
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.Stewart L. Udall, commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965
If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - If he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.John Stuart Mill
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.William Hazlitt
In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.John Henry Cardinal Newman
We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.Margaret Atwood
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge That myth is more potent than history That dreams are more powerful than facts That hope always triumphs over experience That laughter is the only cure for grief And I believe that love is stronger than death.Robert
If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if not, you have infinite power against you.Charles Gordon
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist, section 2
Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth - Grade math, you can do it.Peter Lynch
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.Richard Bach, Illusions [1977]
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.Leo Tolstoy
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.Hellen Kelle
What makes the difference between a Nation that is truly great and one that is merely rich and powerful It is the simple things that make the difference. Honesty, knowing right from wrong, openness, self - Respect, and the courage of conviction.David L Boren
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth.La Rochefoucauld
In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 1818
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.George Bernard Shaw
The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.Hermann Hesse
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.Doctor Who
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.Lydia M. Child
Prejudice is the conjurer of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, overpowering reason, making strong men weak and weak men weaker. God give us the large hearted charity which bearth all things, believe all things, hope all things, endure all things, which thinks no evil.Macduff
The most powerful ties are the ones to the people who gave us birth... it hardly seems to matter how many years have passed, how many betrayals there may have been, how much misery in the family We remain connected, even against our wills.Anthony Brandt
Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eyes.Harry Emerson Fosdick
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.Thomas Paine
Nothing, it appears to me is of greater value in a man than the power of judgement and the man who has it may be compared to a chest fulled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.Pietro Aretino
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously; and those who have produced immortal works, have done so without knowing how or why. The greatest power operates unseen.William Hazlitt
I have found power in the mysteries of thought.Euripides, 438 B. C.
A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth.Michael Bakunin, God and State
The most extensive computation known has been conducted over the last billion years on a planet - wide scale: it is the evolution of life. The power of this computation is illustrated by the complexity and beauty of its crowning achievement, the human brain.David Rogers, Weather Prediction Using a Genetic Memory
A leader must be constantly aware of the power of his words.... and his silences.Simon MacDonald
The secret of all power is - Save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.Joseph Farrell
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.Erich Fromm
All human power is a compound of time and patience.Honore de Balzac
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.Henry Kissinge
