Quotes About Power

Iactura paucorum serva multos.

Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?

A lo largo de la historia, las personas más peligrosas siempre habían sido los hombres de Dios… sobre todo cuando sus dioses se veían amenazados

Mother Earth had become a man's world...the male ego had spent two millennia running unchecked by its female counterpart.

For most of his life, he had been the one in charge, the one giving orders

Keeping information from the director of the NRO was like keeping Vatican secrets from the Pope.

Dar incertitudinea a fost întotdeauna un precursor al transform?rilor de amploare; schimbarea este în mod inevitabil precedat? de team? È™i de tulbur?ri. V? îndemn s? aveÈ›i încredere în capacitatea omului de a fi creativ È™i de a iubi, fiindc? atunci când sunt combinate, aceste dou? forÈ›e au puterea de a ilumina orice întuneric.

Iubirea vine de pe un t?râm nep?mântean. N-o putem fabrica la cerere. ?i nici n-o putem domoli când apare. Nu st? în puterea noastr? s? alegem sau nu iubirea.

podríais decir, <>. Pero llega un momento en la historia en el que la ignorancia ya no es un defecto disculpable...; llega un momento en el que sólo la sabiduría tiene el poder de la absolución.

history has proven repeatedly that lunatics will rise to power again and again on tidal waves of aggressive nationalism and intolerance, even in places where it seems utterly incomprehensible.

The people who control this country are the real gangsters. You know that, right? And if you play by their rules, you're nothing but their slave.

Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are whether it's greedy or loving.

Fear and sorrow inhibit action; anger generates it. When you learn to make proper use of your anger, you can change fear and sorrow to anger, then turn anger to action. That's the body's secret of internal alchemy.

To really help people, you first need to understand them—but first understand yourself, prepare yourself; develop the clarity, the courage, and the sensitivity to exert the right leverage, in the right place, at the right time. Then your actions will have power. History," he added, "holds many examples of individuals and nations who acted without the wisdom to foresee the consequences

Never fear the weapon, only the man wielding it. Focus on your opponent while he focuses on his knife or saber or pistol. He invests his power in the weapon but forgets the rest of his body.

The actions you take will shape your future for better or for worse. Such is the power of choice.

To access subconscious stores of motivational energy, you have to provide rewards that address the three vital interests of your subconscious mind: security, pleasure, and power.

to access a wave of motivational energy, you have to connect your goals to rewards such as fun, security, excitement, pleasure, and personal power.

Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written.

I wish we had the technology to fight God on an equal basis. To beard him in his den. To fight back for all of the injustices heaped on humanity. To allow him to alter his smug arrogance or be blown to hell.

Pain is the curl and foam of a wave that does not break.

a comment with the idle arrogance common of such nobodies who have just come into a small bit of power.

Can God play a significant game with his own creature? Can any creator, even a limited one, play a significant game with his own creature?

Achilles pauses, looks over his shoulder at the masses of men behind him, turns back, looks past Zeus toward Olympos and the masses of gods in front of him, and then crooks his neck to look up again at towering Zeus. Surrender now, says Achilles, and we'll spare your goddesses' lives so they can be our slaves and courtesans.