Quotes About Power

The laws are like spiders' webs: just as spiders' webs catch the weaker creatures but let the stronger ones through, so the humble and poor are restricted by the laws, but the rich and powerful are not bound by them (Valerius Maximus Memorable Deeds and Sayings 7.2 ext. 14).

Every man has power to 'lose his own soul' (Matthew 26:26).

The banknote without a signature at the bottom is nothing but a worthless piece of paper. A few strokes of a pen confer on it all its value. The prayer of a poor child of Adam is a feeble thing in itself, but once endorsed by the hand of the Lord Jesus it accomplishes much.

The effects of preaching are a miracle." A good preacher converts persons; he casts out devils from the hearts of those whom he changes from sin to holiness. This he could not do without power from God. But what seems good, is often not good.

Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."—Revelation 1:18

being famous is a thing that depends greatly on position and opportunity. It is not enough to possess gifts and powers: there must also be the means of exhibiting them. For want of opportunity some of the greatest men perhaps are buried in obscurity.

None knows better than the devil, that "to divide is to conquer.

Anhela alguno de nosotros ayudar a la iglesia de Cristo? Entonces ore pidiendo un gran derramamiento del Espíritu. Solo él puede dar profundidad a los sermones, discernimiento al consejo, poder a la exhortación y derrumbar las altas murallas de los corazones pecadores. No son los sermones mejor elaborados ni los mensajes mejor escritos lo que hoy se necesitan, sino más de la presencia del Espíritu Santo.

Existem duas mãos que nos ajudam na escalada para o céu. A mão de nossa fé agarra-se ao nosso Salvador; e a mão misericordiosa de nosso Salvador, plena de redenção, segura-nos com firmeza. Nossa mão agarra-se a Ele debilmente, e com facilidade se solta; mas a mão dEle segura-nos de forma poderosa e irresistível.

The bank-note without a signature at the bottom is nothing but a worthless piece of paper. A few strokes of a pen confer on it all its value. The prayer of a poor child of Adam is a feeble thing in itself, but once endorsed by the hand of the Lord Jesus it availeth much.

make nothing of God's authority. God threatens, but they despise His threatenings. They make nothing of dishonoring God. They care not how much their behavior is to His

Herod was afraid of what his guests would think of him: so he did that which made him "greatly distressed," he beheaded John the Baptist. Pilate feared offending the Jews: so he did that which he knew in his conscience was unjust--he delivered up Jesus to be crucified. If this is not slavery, what is?

Listen carefully. I'd crush you like a bug for causing my wife one single moment of pain. Believe it. Fear it.

Joule, that is the work done when one Newton acts through one metre.*

The scientific kind of energy with which we are dealing is officially defined as 'capacity for doing work', and it has the dimensions of 'force-multiplied-by-distance'.

What I want to do is to teach a lesson to all these people … I want [to prove] that the Devil exists, that the Devil reigns supreme, that the power he enjoyed in the Middle Ages has not been taken from him, for today he is the absolute master of the world.

Temper [is] a weapon that we hold by the blade.

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, one sometimes forgets which.

Eurocentrism is quite simply the colonizer's model of the world.

One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it pursues its enemies. It is cunning and ruthless, it sends its bloodhounds everywhere. By night it feeds on images of disaster: the sack of cities, the rape of populations, pyramids of bones, acres of desolation.

Colpo di fulmine. The thunderbolt, as Italians call it. When love strikes someone like lightning, so powerful and intense it can't be denied. It's beautiful and messy, cracking a chest open and spilling their soul out for the world to see. It turns a person inside out, and there's no going back from it. Once the thunderbolt hits, your life is irrevocably changed.

There is no comparison between the technology of a submarine going across and the unadorned submersible diving deep. This is because our world is firstly about power and only secondly about knowledge.

Freedom was traditionally understood as the power to do what one ought to do.

While the Christian faith clearly teaches that believers are to be involved as good citizens in the state, nevertheless, it is obvious why so many secularists are addicted to politics today because political power is a surrogate for a Higher Power.