Quotes About Power

while few would actually put it in these terms, faith is now understood as a blind act of will, a decision to believe something that is either independent of reason or that is a simple choice to believe while ignoring the paltry lack of evidence for what is believed. By contrast with this modern misunderstanding, biblically, faith is a power or skill to act in accordance with the nature of the kingdom of God, a trust in what we have reason to believe is true.

Influence is one thing; determination is another.

Might — it is wrongly believed — makes right.

For some time, theological liberals have understood that whoever controls the thinking leadership of the church in a culture will eventually control the church itself.

Boy did he hate banks. He told me once that the Founding Fathers worried more about banks than they worried about the British. They knew that banks had been causing chaos, bringing empires to their knees, for centuries, all in the name of free enterprise. Photographer

They do not put erasers on guns.

Terrific. A bisexual dominant vampire with kidnapping expertise.

Take off your coat." "Excuse me?" "Take it off." "No." "I want it off." "Then I suggest you hold your breath. Won't affect me in the slightest, but at least the suffocation will help pass the time for you. [Vishous to Jane]

Revolutions can occur only when significant portions of the elites, and especially the military, defect or stand aside. Indeed, in most revolutions it is the elites who mobilize the population to help them overthrow the regime.

Italians began to refer to the frequent rotations of power between different groups as a revolutio, from the Latin "revolvere," to cycle or revolve.

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

Luke. 4.18 "The Spirit's power is with me because He has chosen me to preach good news to those who are poor, to heal those with broken hearts, to deliver those who are prisoners of sin, to give sight to those who can't see, to set people free from their heavy burdens

You can speak truth to power, . . . but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity." "The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel

You can speak truth to power," Joel-Andrew explained, "but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy.

I am bound to you by love, the most magical spell of all, which instead of quickly fading can grow more powerful over time." She couldn't help smiling at him. "You're trying to distract me, aren't you?" Alain nodded. "Unsuccessfully, it appears.

I learned how big a difference one person can make, both in the lives of those closest to them, and to many others.

An external enemy is a wonderful thing for politicians to have," Rione said dryly. "They can excuse and justify a great many things by pointing to that enemy. But that doesn't mean external enemies are never real. What is that old saying? Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't really out to get you.

The leaders have to be worthy, have to avoid the temptations of power, have to be honest even when the people don't want honesty.

Do you know what happens to politicians who tell the truth? They get voted out of office. We must lie to the voters. Tell them the truth, and they punish us. Lie, and they reward us.

A corporate state run by dictators who call themselves servants of the people they enslave.

It is something anyone in power must fear, being surrounded by the flatterers and fools who say only what they think the powerful want to hear.

POWER IS THE FACULTY OR CAPACITY TO ACT, THE STRENGTH AND POTENCY TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. IT IS THE VITAL ENERGY TO MAKE CHOICES AND DECISIONS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CAPACITY TO OVERCOME DEEPLY EMBEDDED HABITS AND TO CULTIVATE HIGHER, MORE EFFECTIVE ONES." —Stephen R. Covey

You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. Psalm

In so much of life and professional activity, the simple strategies and techniques can be the most powerful.