Quotes About Power

This is politics. People in power never have to play by the same rules.

Is it possible to specialize in more than one element?" She laughed and shook her head. "No. Too much power. No one could handle all that magic, not without losing her mind." Oh. Great.

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

It's the most ambitious power grab I've ever witnessed.

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.

...some people aren't worth the trouble of being kind to, because they have neither the brains nor the power to make something for themselves out of your kindness.

Hierarchy, as in the Catholic Church, has to do with power, and vertical attention has to do with longing.

In this world, who can do a thing, will not; And who would do it, cannot, I perceive: Yet the will's somewhat — somewhat, too, the power — And thus we half-men struggle.

In the first is the last, in thy will is my power to believe.

You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

The only power that the critical voice has is the power that you give it.

Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

So you see, in the end, it is nearly certain that the power of prediction must triumph over the arrogance of elegance.

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

Greater economic power will be in the hands of too few.

If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.

The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

The people who fear humor - and they are many - are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights, to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities.

Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you live and what you do with your living.

Silence is the first thing within the power of the enslaved to shatter. From that shattering, everything else spills forth.

Dreams don't "come true". Dreams get "made true". You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.

Knowledge is potential power. It transforms itself into actual power the moment you decisively act on it.