Quotes About Power

There are moments when the past has a force so strong it seems one might be annihilated by it

The common people?—pah. What are they to us? You and I, mein Freund, we are lords of the earth, the great ones, the major men, the makers of supreme fictions.

They departed, the gods, on the day of the strange tide.

Hay momentos en que el pasado posee una fuerza tan poderosa que parece que podría aniquilarte

En ningún caso, solía insistir, comprendían los magos necesariamente su arte, a pesar de que la experiencia lo había llevado a un par de conclusiones generales sobre el tema. Por ejemplo, que cada vez que aprendía algo nuevo sobre sus poderes, esos poderes disminuían, o en todo caso, quedaban alterados.

The tides surged through the marsh and each wave that hit the beach came light-struck and broad-shouldered, with all the raw power the moon could bestow.

But we will never advance this heavenly cause if we do not rely on the power of the Spirit. Jesus needed the Spirit's power—what makes us any different?

Here is the reality: to be changed, we need His presence!

In times past when the nation strayed, the leaders would guide the people back to God, but these leaders pushed the people away with their persistent abuse of position and perversion of power.

Grace is not merely a God-given cover-up of our sin. It empowers us to live like Jesus, to rule in this life by manifesting heaven's authority and power to change our world of influence. Let

God has brought His Church into the wilderness. Spiritually, America is a dry and thirsty land. Our time of testing is at hand. God once again watches to see whether His people will seek His face or His hand. His face represents His character and nature; it denotes a relationship. His hand represents His provision and power. If you seek only His hand, you may not recognize His face. But if you know the face, you will know His hand.

A ousadia necessária para quebrar o poder da intimidação precisa ser alimentada com o nosso amor por Deus. "Porque Deus não nos deu o espírito de temor [de intimidação], mas de poder, de amor e de moderação" (2 Tm 1:7). Como já disse, vi homens ungidos desistirem sob o peso da intimidação durante momentos de pressão.

The greater God's revealed glory, the greater and swifter the judgment of irreverence!

We see then that the glory of the Lord is everything that makes God, God. All His characteristics, authority, power, wisdom-literally the immeasurable weight and magnitude of God-are contained within God's glory.

God's answer for our shortcomings is the gift of salvation through His gift of grace, a gift that cannot be earned (Rom. 4:4). Many in the church understand this. Yet we have failed to emphasize the power of grace not only to redeem us but also to grant us its ability to live our lives in a totally different manner.

Problems always begin when people gather together in their own wisdom apart from God's power and presence.

And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?

We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us

The women are always the whores; the priests are always the good men who were led astray.

Collars, trench coats or jackboots – uniforms allow us to exercise our cruelty without ever feeling guilt.

Most men are not as smart as women and yet they continue to hold all the power. They fear a change of the world order.

The people are behind him for now. He has infected them with his hatred. He demands absolute loyalty, and when anyone dares to criticize him, they lose their position. I think he will lead a great army, but what will be the result?

It has always astonished me, Georgy Daniilovich, that those who are most repulsed by autocratic or dictatorial rule are among the first to eliminate their enemies once they take on the mantle of power themselves.

Sure the priests ran the country back then and they hated women. Oh my God, they hated women and anything that had to do with women and anything to do with women's bodies or ideas or desires, and any chance that they had to humiliate a woman or bring her down, they would take full advantage of it.