Quotes About Power

This knowledge is power and you should be empowered, especially when it comes to politicians who will say anything to get your vote.

Play the victim card to attain power, then, once you have it, use it to shield yourself from legitimate criticism.

When you're running a bureaucracy the best way to safeguard your job is to make sure you're the only one who knows how the whole thing works. -Lord Julius

Lara. The power of the Triangle is the power of a god. Take that power, and every other person in the world becomes a bit player on your stage. Their lives become figments of a dream that you're having. — Lord Richard Croft

Never concede to evil…. When we concede to evil, even in a small way, we feed it, and it grows stronger.

One of the greatest ironies of the history of Christianity is that its leaders constantly gave in to the temptation of power—political power, military power, economic power, or moral and spiritual power—even though they continued to speak in the name of Jesus, who did not cling to his divine power but emptied himself and became as we are.

There is another thing about the Chinese: they do not like to have unfriendly powers on either side of them.

How could we know that the Russian military kept testing and developing new systems? With Yeltsin in charge, the military didn't seem to matter very much.

There is absolutely nothing sacred about freedom of information," he said, "when it can be used to undermine social progress.

You can't tell the politicians from the magicians, if you know what I mean," and he flicked an imaginary cigar and flexed his eyebrows.

The cognitive scientists have now proven the reality of "decision fatigue"—that every decision you make, little or big, diminishes a limited amount of your brain power.

Merely having thoughts is one thing. Consciously feeding them is quite another. You are powerful all the time, by way of your attention and intention. The question is, Toward what are you pointing that power?

The art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of our great men. —Capt. J. A. Hatfield

Others need more physical horsepower. Some need very little of either.

You are powerful all the time, by way of your attention and intention. The question is, Toward what are you pointing that power?

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax. Water

is magic in being in the present in your life. I'm always amazed at the power of clear observation simply about what's going on, what's true. Finding out the exact details of your personal finances, clarifying the historical data about the company you're buying, or getting the facts about who really said what to whom in an interpersonal conflict can be constructive, if not downright healing.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading...

Politics is a dirty, ruthless business, Agent Robie. It makes the intelligence sector look relatively honorable by comparison.

By not using it. By not believing in it anymore. Belief, having faith in something, is a very powerful thing

National security trumps a lot. It can trampke civil rights. It can denude personal liberties. But it cannot and never will triumph over political gamesmanship. - Kelly Paul

There was a time when Stone would have rated a platoon of crackerjack killers coming for him by land, sea and air. Those days apparently were over. A quartet of suits in a Cadillac on steroids was enough.

The money folks will forgive a lot if the cash keeps rolling in. Same goes for the government.

We've got some unholy badasses in here, as you know. But nobody