Power Quotes
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Faith is the one power against which fear cannot stand. Day by day, as you fill your mind with faith, there will ultimately be no more room left for fear. This is the one great fact that no one should forget. Master faith and you will automatically master fear.
Norman Vincent Peale
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In this world the inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar as it understands all things to be necessary.
Baruch Spinoza
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Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, The passion and infirmity of age.
James Anthony Froude
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Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
William Shakespeare
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The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.
John Locke Nazareth
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The power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead.
Bob Marley
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'Truth' is to be understood as a system of ordered procedures for the production, regulation, distribution, circulation and operation of statements. 'Truth' is linked in a circular relation with systems of power which produce and sustain it, and to effects of power which it induces and which extend it. A 'regime' of truth.
Michel Foucault
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The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.
Seth Godin
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I've learned that being a superhero isn't all glitz and glamour. We think if we have a special power, our problem will go away. It's just a new set of problems. Being a superhero alienates you and separates you from humanity. As Spiderman famously said, 'With great power comes great responsibility.'
Josh Keaton
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Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
Saul Alinsky
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Existence is beyond the power of words to define: Terms may be used But are none of them absolute.
Witter Bynner
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Harry Dresden: You can never tell how someone is going to handle power - not until you hand it to them and see what they do with it.
Jim Butcher
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I'll be the first one to tell you I burn coal... That fossil generation and the nuclear generation, frankly, is necessary in order for me to provide power.
Lynn Good
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Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
Jean Rostand
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No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.
Bill Phillips
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Leaders of the various Iraqi elements will likely have their own militias, and there will be endless rounds of brinkmanship on the road to post-Islamic State boundaries, governing structures, and distribution of power and resources.
David Petraeus
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Herodotus
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You have the power to pursue your own dreams.
Hillary Clinton
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In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never.
Henrik Ibsen
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Our biggest cost is not power, or servers, or people. It's lack of utilization. It dominates all other costs.
Jeff Bezos
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The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.
Edmund Morris
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Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness.
Amy Cuddy