Quotes About Power

I have learned that images have the power to educate, honor, humiliate, and illuminate.

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

No amount of training in leadership skills, courses in management methods, power titles, promotions, or associations can substitute for the right attitudes.

Being harmless means being so strong, so empowered, that the idea of showing power through harm is not even a part of your consciousness.

The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible.

The unsaid, for me, exerts great power.

I know personally the transforming power of the Word of God-it's changed my life.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

Your words and thoughts have physical power.

Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.

When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation's general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all.

No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands. Nor does any American President have power approaching this

You really should be able to feel the higher power of music and be moved by it, rather than listening to me waffle on and having to explain it.

In some departments of our daily life, in which we imagine ourselves free agents, we are ruled by dictators exercising great power.

Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.

In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.