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Quotes About Power

I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.
~ Hope Solo
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
~ Beatrix Potter
Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.
~ Baron de Montesquieu
Come the millennium, month 12, In the home of greatest power, The village idiot will come forth To be acclaimed the leader.
~ Nostradamus
Being filled with the Spirit is simply this - having my whole nature yielded to His power. When the whole soul is yielded to the Holy Spirit, God Himself will fill it.
~ Andrew Murray
Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.
~ Mumia Abu-Jamal
It's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness.
~ Lenny Bruce
Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in
~ Harry Belafonte
I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.
~ Abraham Isaac Kook
The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good.
~ John Bosco
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
~ William Henry Harrison
Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form.
~ Thomas Troward
The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
~ Fred Hampton
If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.
~ Curtis LeMay
The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.
~ Emily Dickinson
The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color.
~ Daniel James, Jr.
But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.
~ Howard Zinn
Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, 'Limit yourself'; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.
~ Murray Rothbard
What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.
~ John Stott
You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do.
~ Charles F. Haanel
Your words are containers for power, and by the words you speak you frame your world!
~ Paula White
The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.
~ Troye Sivan