Power Quotes
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That which distinguishes man from the brute is his power, in dealing with Nature, to milk her laws, and make them give forth their bounty.
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Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance which went unpunished. It is as true today as it was ten thousand years ago that a Power from which the magic virtue has gone out, falls.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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Our problem isn't that the universe isn't on our side; the problem is that too many of us numb these days, not awake to the game, or to the power of the universe that flows through our psychic veins. Some of us need to stop whining. It's not like we're the first generation who faced serious challenges. But others rose to the occasion, and we need to too.
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I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.
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Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.
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If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.
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It's all in your head: you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.
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Unlimited power may be available when two or more people coordinate their thoughts and actions in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.
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If you have never felt or known the sheer power and strength of God's love, take another look at Jesus dying on the cross.
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Mozart shows a creative power of such magnitude that one can virtually say that he tossed out of himself one great masterpiece after another.
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I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he's drunk.
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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.
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True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.
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The biggest single thing China needs to do is build an emergent middle class and domestic consumption, and the best way to do that is through pension and health-care reform, and currency reform to establish purchasing power among its citizens.
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I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.
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'Do you know that you have caused us more trouble than all the rest of our European allies?' 'I do not doubt it. France is a great power.'
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Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power of any common-wealth, can do what it will, and dispose of the estates of the subject arbitrarily, or take any part of them at pleasure.
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As policy makers, Congress has the power to promote public policies that economically empower single parents and drastically reduce childhood poverty.
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We have to understand that we should, at all times, have the right and the power to make decisions about our bodies. And that is an idea that must be taught at a young age. You can't wait until a person is 18 years old and say, 'Now you have the right'. You have to start that from the gate.
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There are many reasons our prayers may lack power. Sometimes they become routine. Our prayers become hollow when we say similar words in similar ways over and over so often that the words become more of a recitation than a communication.
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Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.
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Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.
