Quotes About Power

The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.

The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.

The power of the Latin classic is in character , that of the Greek is in beauty . Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.

The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining, and delighting us, as nothing else can.

I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.' - Alexander the Great

Everybody says, TV is great, the writer has so much power. I'm still trying to convince myself that's true. When do the writers ever have power? Ever? They don't. Even in the book industry.

I don't want to say that having power is overrated, but powerlessness can give rise to a different kind of authority, and that's the kind of authority that writes books.

Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?

Old age is not an illness, it is a timeless ascent. As power diminishes, we grow toward the light.

But if I lost you, it would devastate me as nothing else has or ever could. You have so much power over me and that's frightening.

Mountains represent the power of nature; plains, the love of nature!

The power of the river is to flow wildly! The power of the lake is to think calmly! Wise man both flows like a river and thinks lake a lake!

A God who is trying to convince people that He is a God is not a God! He is just a clown disguised as a God! No supreme power can be in need of convincing men!

An idea can be greater than the Sun, because with an intelligent idea, man can discover the way to create another sun! Idea is the greatest power in this universe!

Anything good has a magical power! Say something good; it travels around the world without legs; do something good, it flies around the world without wings! Everything good has a mystical power!

Do not give little man big power and do not give big man little power!

Don't be afraid of the storms; be afraid of the ship and the captain! Forget about the outside factors, what matters is the internal power!

Every great quotation carries the power to shape the world like a river.

Surprise is the tool of the Devil and it is the greatest power of the evil forces!

Your past is always useful to you: If you are happy with your past, you get power from it; if you are unhappy with your past, you take lesson from it!

We are always at the mercy of powers greater than us, even when our power is at its highest level!

Words derive their power from the original word.

Get power but don't admit to it. Do it by stealth. There's a whole trend of Rhodes scholars who will be politicians around the world.

It would be catastrophic if one day these fundamentalists Christians gain enough political power to enforce their literal understanding of Mosaic Law.