Quotes About Power

The power of our Muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not run away from it, and then one is doomed to repeat oneself.

But in all the annals of human vice, no power is as destructive or demonic as perverted sincerity

It is not the source but the limitation of power which prevents it from being arbitrary.

While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.

The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.

That is enough to win a three-way presidential race. If young people understand they have the numbers and they have the power to come out and turn this election on its head.

Preaching, power, and persecution are all apart of who we are.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, good liberals both, pursued power by offering their candidacies as opportunities for Americans to document their innocence of the nation's past.

Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down.

Laughter is a sense of proportion and a power of seeing yourself from the outside.

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

No matter who you vote for, the government stays in power

The law on the side of freedom is of great advantage only when there is power to make that law respected.

Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin.

Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.

Every now and then I'll do little things, a short story or something, that doesn't have any fantastical elements, but mostly I like the power of playing God and I like to imagine things.

I don't have big muscles. I'm not tall. I have power inside. I fight.

All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

Faith is the power to stand up to the madness and chaos of the physical world, while holding the position that nothing external has any authority over what heaven has in mind for you.

Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind.