Quotes About Power

Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.

We don't realize how much we create reality through language. If we say that life is hard, it will be hard.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven's children, Satan's temptations lose power in your life.

If you don't do the choosing, life will choose for you, and it may not be the choice you want.

Your real self - the I am I - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.

Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.

Interfere with the reality of my world, and you therefore take the very life and heart out of my will.

The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy.

The believer does not use God's power; God's power uses him.

It's incredible how the human body is. That it could do so much. That it can go beyond the everydayness of life; That it can be extraordinary and powerful, and harbor a spirit of hope and pure will.

Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.

If we had the power over the ends of the earth, it would not give us that fulfillment of existence which a quiet devoted relationship to nearby life can give us.

2Cor4: 8,9 Because faith gives you the power to hold on in tough times, it produces persistence.

Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone. Friendship and trust should be earned, and when you're famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether you've earned them or not, and it felt dishonest to me. Fame was not real. It was all a projection—fame made me a blank canvas that people projected their love, lust, troubles, self-worth, and desire upon. Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us.

Fame and power do not change us; they amplify us. If we are insecure, we grow more so. If we are addictive, we become a greater addict and insatiable. If we are desirous of truth, we seek it more. If we are generous, we become more so. If we seek to fill holes through dishonest means, we have greater access to do so. Fame and power are masterful teachers.

I would try to be as bold as that blue waterfall that had the audacity to liberate itself from stone.

I used my intuition like a weapon; whatever insecurity and weakness I sensed in him, I exploited.

What began with fury has become a decades long pursuit in search of meaningful responses to these political and philosophical questions: What is family? How do we live inside our power and at the same time act responsibly? How do we build community? How do we connect authentically across gender, ethnicity, and class lines?

Without a sound legal system, a small group or even a single person can take control of an entire country.

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.

This is the most frightening lesson of the Cultural Revolution: Without a sound legal system, a small group or even a single person can take control of an entire country. This is as true now as it was then. Thirty

This is the most frightening lesson of the Cultural Revolution: Without a sound legal system, a small group or even a single person can take control of an entire country. This is as true now as it was then.