Power Quotes
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If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever.
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Privatization radically alters power relations in our society by weakening groups like public employees and public school teachers.
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I think a lot of people have predicted the demise of cash, and they've frequently been wrong. But there's no question that the smartphone is leading to the digitization of money. You really now have all the power of a bank branch in the palm of your hand.
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A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.
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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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The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed.
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It is a war of religion as much as a war for power.
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Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form except the power which gave it birth-yourself.
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We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
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If happiness was in money or power, then America should be the happiest country in the world, but it is not.
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From childhood to adolescence, girls face mixed messages about displaying power and authority.
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Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.
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Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.
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Women now wield considerable power along political lines and I believe each succeeding year for some time to come will find them wielding that power more effectively.
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People who bet against the Internet, who think that somehow this change is just a generational shift, miss that it is a fundamental reorganizing of the power of the end user. The Internet brings tremendous tools to the end user, and that end user is going to use them.
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There exists only one person who has the power to cast the deciding vote that will kill your dream you!
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People were often good, and did good things, such as the things that had been done to help after Vesuvius erupted, but as soon as those same people were given any authority or power, they abused it, or ignored the human consequences of their actions. And the people who ended up suffering most were always the women, because they had no authority or power.
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Being a woman is power. Just because we live in a male-dominated world doesn't mean that you're incapable or less than a man.
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The real struggle between an American government and the people was one of power, which was settled when they designed their Constitution, which conceded the sovereignty of the people when it came to politics, and the sovereignty of the consumer when it came to economics.
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Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.
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'Once' constantly surprises me. I think it's the power of the music and the storytelling that people connect with.
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There are billions of barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf. There is even more in Alaska. There is enough oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West alone to power America for the next hundred years. The Democrats say all this American energy is off limits.
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Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of power, and forbearance implies strength. The orator who is known to have at his command all the weapons of invective is most formidable when most courteous.
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The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
