Quotes About Power

Power is a thing of perception. They don't need to be able to kill you. They just need you to think they are able to kill you

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.

Lord, my life is but a mist (James 4:14), yet through Your power, the things I give myself to can have an eternal impact. I am Your vessel

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

At our computer club, we talked about it being a revolution. Computers were going to belong to everyone, and give us power, and free us from the people who owned computers and all that stuff.

A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.

The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.

...a young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

There is explosive power in virtue.

The primary notion i hold to be the Living Power.

Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.

The first principle of a civilized state is that power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

I don't think you can bury words. I think the more you try to dismiss them, the more power you give to them, the more circulation they have.

Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation.

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

Absolute power demoralizes.

Power without abuse loses its charm.