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Quotes About Power

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich
~ Andrew Carnegie
The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to its final consequences whatever the objective mind impresses upon it.
~ Thomas Troward
You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god.
~ Hirohito
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
~ Mark Twain
A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.
~ George Eliot
I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.
~ Barbara Kruger
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
~ Charles de Gaulle
In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work and uniting the whole world in one Empire.
~ Genghis Khan
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief.
~ Richard Widmark
You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.
~ Stephen Fry
When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language.
~ Clint Smith
Fasting reduces the power of self so that the Holy Spirit can do a more intense work within us.
~ Bill Bright
Superman can fly high way up in the sky 'cause we believe he can. So what we choose to believe can always work out fine...It's all in the mind.
~ Luther Vandross
Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character
~ Karl Jaspers
Strong reasons make strong actions.
~ William Shakespeare
The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
Divide and Conquer. As long as some people have commanded the work of others, this has been management's basic principle.
~ Peter Rachleff
If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power?
~ Evangeline Lilly
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
~ John Foster
Never underestimate the power of people who are determined to change life and work with all their might towards it. They are the ones who turn into leaders and revolutionize the world around us.
~ Peter White
When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.
~ Hudson Taylor
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses...
~ Zack de la Rocha
History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.
~ Edna O'Brien