Quotes About Power

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.N.B.

Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

If the radiance of a thousand suns Were to burst at once into the sky That would be like the splendour of the Mighty One... I am become Death, The shatterer of worlds. [ Quoted from the Bhagavad Gita after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki .]

To the confusion of our enemies.

Mr. President, I have blood on my hands.

We rise in popwer and make a difference in the world due to what is best about human nature, but we fall from power due to what is worst.

the big idea of U.S. history: the subjugation of people of color by a succession of social systems, from the genocide of Indigenous people to slavery to mass incarceration.

Greater than atomic power is the power of love. Alas, we use it so sparingly!

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.

Dictators long ago found that it is easier to unite people in common hatred than in common love.

Being told you are believed without consequences being levied is neither justice nor power. And that is the real problem when women's pain is substituted for actual justice. Pain seems to have a sell-by date. Justice does not.

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.

The willingness to challenge hardships taps the power within human beings to transform even a place of tragedy into a stage for fulfilling one's mission.

Those who have used political authority to promote their own interests feel greatly threatened by the growing numbers of Soka Gakkai–sponsored representatives who strive to realize a government that stands on the side of the people. They are afraid their own power base will be undermined. Other religious organizations also feel threatened by the Soka Gakkai's progress. Because, were it to come down to a debate on doctrine, their defeat would be certain.

there is nothing wrong in talking quietly; it only makes people listen harder.

To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown.

Sisi knew that it was hopeless to live up to the fairy-tale princess with stars in her hair of the Winterhalter portrait, an image that sold everything from chocolates to liver salts in Vienna, but she found it impossible not to try. Beauty was her gift, her weapon and her power, and she dreaded its passing.

Hoorah, all things lycanthropic.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant.