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Quotes About Power

When He gives, He shows you His Kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is making Himself known to you and coming to you with His gentleness.
~ Ibn Ata Allah
I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.
~ Elon Musk
I believe in opportunity and the power of reason to seize upon it.
~ Spartacus
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.
~ Franklin Pierce
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
~ Charles de Secondat
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
~ Plutarch
To operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination.
~ Judith Butler
If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil.
~ Jonah Goldberg
The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.
~ Jack Kevorkian
Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo.
~ John P. Kotter
I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.
~ Peter Hain
Wherever there is power, there is age. Don't be deceived by dimples and curls. I tell you that babe is a thousand years old.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.
~ Oswald Chambers
There's a battle going on inside you in Ramadan, and for 30 days Allah gives you the power to win.
~ Nouman Ali Khan
Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live
~ Mahatma Gandhi
A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.
~ Peggy Noonan
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
~ Frank Herbert
Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.
~ H. Rap Brown
The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.
~ Leonard Ravenhill
The world has only as much power over you as you give it. Rebel. Go beyond duality.
~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.
~ Astrid Lindgren
The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power.
~ Charles Capps