Quotes About Power

I think literature has lost it's power. Great novels continue to be written, but they are no longer changing the world.

If President Bush does a lousy job, then he'll lose power. If the guy at McDonalds who's selling burgers does a great job, then he'll be much more powerful than President Bush.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

What the great ones do, the less will prattle of

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

Envy is more irreconcilable than hate. It is the most corroding of all political vices and also a great power in our land. The friends of freedom are content to be envied, but envy not.

Despotism accomplishes great things illegally; liberty doesn't even go to the trouble of accomplishing small things legally.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

The great unknown in this country is where this leaves the Republican Party after this election. Will it be the party of the Kochs or will it be the party of [Donald] Trump?

Average people push great people out of a company.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.

The thing about great poetry is we have no defenses against it.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters.

No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.

I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.