Power Quotes
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The right and the physical power of the people to resist injustice, are really the only securities that any people ever can have for their liberties. Practically no government knows any limit to its power but the endurance of the people.
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The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well?
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Mr. President, there comes to a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now. And I will not let the PATRIOT Act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.
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What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.
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Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.
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Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.
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Faith Words aren't just mere positive affirmations; they open your life up to the supernatural power of God.
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I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.
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If a person a) is poorly, b) receives treatment intended to make him better, and c) gets better, no power of reasoning known to medical science can convince him that it may not have been the treatment that restored his health.
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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss.
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I used to think that the British press were particularly awful to Cherie Blair. I think Blair's foreign policy was a complete disaster, but the British press, when they wanted to explain why Blair took unexpected moves, they did create Cherie as the power behind the throne.
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As you intend to live hereafter, it is in your power to live here.
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When God wants to bring more power into our lives., He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by friction.
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Regeneration is a work of the omnipotent power of God, power that nothing can overcome or resist.
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Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.
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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.
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Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.
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I think Julia is defining a new feminism. It's the power of the open heart. And its ok to be sexual.
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Power is winning the battle over who owns the customer: the brand or the retailer.
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Let the good in me connect with the good in others, until all the world is transformed through the compelling power of love.
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France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.
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Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
