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Quotes About Power

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.
~ Mark Twain
Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.
~ John Bevere
Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.
~ George Washington
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
~ Thomas Paine
If you think you can experience the power of the Internet on a 1-inch screen, you've got to be out of your mind.
~ Martin Cooper
When we steadfastly believe and act our faith in God's Word, nothing can keep the power in the Word from making all things to become exactly as the Word says.
~ F. F. Bosworth
When I came to Mogadishu...here was one road built by the Italians. If you try to force me to stand down, I will leave the city as I found it. I came to power with a gun; only the gun can make me go.
~ Siad Barre
Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.
~ John C. Calhoun
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
~ Elton John
Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle's light.
~ Billy Graham
When you learn to harness the power of your fears it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams.
~ Jimmy Iovine
I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
~ Thomas A. Edison
Sahaja Yoga is the spontaneous union of the individual consciousness with the All-Pervading Divine Power.
~ Nirmala Srivastava
Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope.
~ Catherine Marshall
Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.
~ John Wycliffe
I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.
~ Lucy Stone
You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may use it the moment you learn to control your thoughts.
~ Napoleon Hill
I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
~ Joan Baez
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.
~ David Prowse
Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.
~ Saint John Chrysostom
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
~ Marianne Williamson
Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.
~ Florence Scovel Shinn
If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.
~ Anwar Sadat