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Quotes About Power

They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
~ Lord Byron
Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.
~ Ron Paul
Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who ... as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence.
~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The problem isn't the abuse of power; it's the power to abuse.
~ Mike Cloud
Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.
~ Ruth Benedict
Those who overcome satan will be required to use the power of the spoken Word.
~ T. B. Joshua
Everyone may be called "comrade," but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.
~ Thomas Sowell
When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out and it commands attention, it commands change. I'm talking about the power that's inside of you.
~ Ludacris
I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Every woman has the power to seduce the world with her uniqueness, passion and creativity.
~ Donna Karan
Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage.
~ Richard G. Scott
Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes with a Spirit of life and power.
~ John Owen
Patience and gentleness is power.
~ Leigh Hunt
Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
~ Condoleezza Rice
Be mindful of the words that you use and the actions that you live and who you are and how it is you use your power. Keep clear at all times that you are what you say you are.
~ Gary Zukav
The love of power is the demon of mankind.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The power of miracle is the power of imagination.
~ Ludwig Feuerbach
I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.
~ Yo-Yo Ma
The big deal is we think the power is in us individuallythe power is in us collectively. It is in the church.
~ John M. Perkins
There is an awesome God of justice who is ready to move in power if you move in obedience.
~ Gary Haugen
The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.
~ Charles Sumner
The Opposite of Love is not hate, but power
~ C. S. Lewis
The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
~ Thomas Jefferson
But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.
~ Isaac Bashevis Singer