Quotes About Power

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

The Olympic Spirit is like the wind. You don't see it coming or going but you hear its voice. You feel the power of its presence. You enjoy the results of its passing. And then it becomes a memory, an echo of days of glory.

When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.

Clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

Women have been called queens a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Lloyd, she's here,' I call out, unnecessarily, to my husband (he's not deaf, but it gives me the illusion of being in control).

Fueron desterrados —le corrigió Yandros, con una malévola sonrisa—. No destruidos. No se puede destruir lo que es fundamental en el Universo, Keridil Toln; solamente se puede apartar del campo de conflicto durante un tiempo.

There will never come a time when I will be able to resist my emotions.

Why argue that it was "only words" except to imply that words are trivial, neither serious nor harmful, an argument that at the least elides the issue of what exactly was said and by whom.10

If Marion Hawthorne doesn't watch out, she's going to grow up into a lady Hitler.

The past has no power over us. It doesn't matter how long we have had a negative pattern. The point of power is in the present moment. What a wonderful thing to realize! We can begin to be free in this moment!

Your security is not your job, or your bank account, or your investments, or your spouse or parents. Your security is your ability to connect with the cosmic power that creates all things.

Blame is useless. Blaming only gives away our power. Keep your power. Without power, we cannot make changes. The helpless victim cannot see a way out.

If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.

In blaming another, we give away our power. Understanding enables us to rise above the issue and take control of our future.

Release the past, let it wash away. Take back your own power. Stop dwelling on what you don't want. Use your mind to create what you "do want." Let yourself flow with the tide of life.

realized that I had the power to change my life if I was willing to change my thinking and release the patterns that kept me living in the past.

Su mente es un instrumento que usted puede usar de la manera que desee.

Our consistent thinking patterns create our experiences. Therefore, by changing our thinking patterns, we can change our experiences. What a joy it was when I first discovered the words metaphysical causations. This describes the power in the words and thoughts that create experiences. This new awareness brought me an understanding of the connection between thoughts and the different parts of the body and physical problems.

Do not think your mind is in control. You are in control of your mind. You use your mind. You can stop thinking those old thoughts. When your old thinking tries to come back and say, "It's so hard to change," take mental control. Say to your mind, "I now choose to believe it is becoming easier for me to make changes." You may have to have this conversation with your mind several times for it to acknowledge that you are in control and that what you say goes.

Blame is one of the surest ways to stay in a problem. In blaming another, we give away our power. Understanding enables us to rise above the issue and take control of our future.