Quotes About Power

When you have the Holy Spirit living inside of you, you possess a resource that can give you abundant life through the longest siege of the enemy. The enemy can camp at your doorstep for an indefinite period of time and it won't matter to you. The Holy Spirit is your indwelling source of

As the rudder controls a ship, so the tongue controls a person.

God's is real power clothed in apparent powerlessness; Evil's is apparent power which is really powerlessness.

La única manera de caminar valiente y confiadamente hacia un futuro desconocido es apostarlo todo en el poder, la bondad y la fidelidad de Dios.

are attempts to regain some of the control I felt I lost when my mother died.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.

In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God.

This is the power of a kiss: It does not have the power to kill you. But it has the power to bring you to life.

Magic naturally fades over distance. But proximity - well, when it works, proximity amplifies magic.

But I guess the thing about fear is that it defies the laws of rationality. It creates its own laws instead.

hubris, n. Every time I call you mine, I feel like I'm forcing it, as if saying it can make it so. As if I'm reminding you, and reminding the universe: mine. As if that one word from me could have that kind of power.

If you demonize a person's pleasure, then you can control his or her life.

She is the weakness you think of as strength while I am the strength you have no idea is there.

you were never worthy if her. she knew so much more than you did. so you had to destroy her. you think you saved her. but you destroyed her.

the killing blow is sometimes the softest

I would have always been the captain. But now you're in charge.

I want love to conquer all. But love can't anything. It can't do anything in its own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.

the thing about fear is that it defies the laws of rationality. It creates its own laws instead

What's the point of all this magic, if no one really knows how to use it? But I guess the same could be said about life. Which is another form of magic, only less showy.

Some boys—not many, but a few—are like that, getting their own strength from finding your weakness and poking it. There's something weirdly transfixing about their confidence, like even as they're condescending to you, you're secretly hoping that their strength will rub off and suddenly you'll be as confident as they are.

I want to argue with her, tell her that sins of the flesh is just a control mechanism-if you demonize a person's pleasure, then you can control his or her life.

tiny doesn't just sing these words - he belts them. it's like a parade coing out of his mouth. i have no doubt the words travel over lake michigan to most of canada and on to the north pole. the farmers of saskatchewan are crying. santa is turning to mrs. claus and saying 'what the fuck is that? - will grayson

Our kisses were seismic. When seen by the wrong person, they could destroy us. When shared with the right person, they had the power of confirmation, the force of destiny.