Quotes About Power

The power of sisterhood is not war-power. There have been and will be conflicts, but the Final cause causes no by conflict but by attraction.

When the preponderance of human beings choose to act with justice and generosity and kindness, then learning and love and decency prevail. When the preponderance of human beings choose power, greed, and indifference to suffering, the world is filled with war, poverty, and cruelty.

If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

To abandon all is to take our hearts, place them before the One who created them, and dare to believe He can live life powerfully through our surrendered lives.

Money is a cheap but powerful substitute for Jesus, and wielding money is intoxicating, but it won't usher in the kingdom of God, nor will it ensure eternal treasures.

Once upon a time, there was a man as great as the gods… But even the great can tremble with fear. Even the great can fall

Sometimes the enemy is just one person who will bring down a kingdom.

Maybe now it was I who would become the assassin.

A prince, in the turn of a moment and a few words, was now a king.

How did you end up with an assassin and newly crowned king as your confidantes?" "The gods have a wicked sense of humor.

Greater stories will have their way.

There was only one thing that someone with great power wanted. More of it

Every kiss, every touch, was a promise that we both knew, I was his and he was mine, and no conspiracy or scheme of kingdoms had a fraction of the power that surged between us.

You are a man of many talents, King Jaxon." Creases deepened around his eyes. "And you, Queen Jezelia, are a woman of surprising strengths.

I cry out and fall to my knees, unable to go on, weeping for the dead, weeping for the cruelties, and a whisper calls to me from far away, You are strong, Stronger than your pain, Stronger than your grief, Stronger than them. And I force myself to my feet again.

Choice is powerful and can lead to great things if not held in the tight fists of a few.

Choose your words carefully, even the words you think, because they become seeds, and seeds become history.

They Thought Themselves only a step lower than the gods, proud in their power over heaven and earth. They grew strong in their knowledge but weak in their wisdom, craving more and still more power, crushing the defenseless. _ Morrighan Book of Holy Text,Vol. IV

Betrayal tends to familiarize one with weapons.

Dragons eventually wake and crawl from their dark dens.

The Komizar rages with enough venom to make your general look like a whimpering kitten.

I perfected my craft, playing the quarterlords and merchants against one another as if I was a musician and they were crude drums rumbling beneath my hands, making one boast to another that I had never pulled anything over on him, making them all feel so very smart, even as I relieved them of items I could put to better use elsewhere.

He could silence the devil with a whisper.