Quotes About Power

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

The undeserving maintain power by promoting hysteria.

Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

Ambition and thirst for power have a part but greed and greed alone is the reason for a man wanting to swell his ward.

Nothing is forever, if you have enough power tools.

For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.

To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.

Most people abuse power. They use power to dominate others. They use power to destroy others. Ultimately when you do this, you lose it.

Prana is the driving power of the world, and can be seen in every manifestation of life.

By far the greatest discovery of all the centuries is the power of thought.

Oh! how amazing it is that people can talk so much about men's power and goodness, when if God did not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incarnate!

People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things.

My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

The more we learn to link the use of breath, mind, and voice, the greater our own power in life.

Mother nature has the power to please, to comfort, to calm, and to nature one's soul.

Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power.

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

The power of life that is buried deep inside you will never rise up until you have become convinced that you're walking the only path open for you.

My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils.

Nothing's as dangerous as power with impunity.

A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.

Let light and love and power and death fulfil the purpose of the Coming One.