Quotes About Power

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

The overwhelming majority of people, including Christians, are materialists. They do not believe in the power of spirit. They believe only in material power.

The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people.

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.

Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure.

...there is power in self-sacrifice.

wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade.

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don't need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give.

Music is the celestial sound, and it is sound that controls the whole universe, not atomic vibrations. Sound energy, sound power, is much, much greater than any other power in the world.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.

I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

People are like sticks of dynamite. The power is on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit.

It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others.

When your situation has gone beyond the power of nature, it has become a curse. Who can remove a curse but Jesus Christ?

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn it for yourself.

Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

I will live a hope-filled life every day. I will handle my problems as opportunities in a different, more effective manner, based on the power of advanced mathematics; "You + God = Enough

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.