Quotes About Power

The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.

The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.

All power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness.

A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope.

We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than flame sinking into smoke.

Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.

Maybe Iraq will come back and become the dominant power among Arab countries. That seems to me as conceivable.

The spirit of poetry, like all other living powers, must of necessity circumscribe itself by rules, were it only to unite power with beauty.

Power, that's one thing, but love of family and of siblings is more important, is more powerful than any other power - at least earthly power, at least earthly power.

Even if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death.

Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.

Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.

For an author to show that only traditional male power and place matter is to discount and belittle the hard and complex lives of our peers and our ancestresses.

I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

It is very important that you express your idealism actively, to what ever extent you can, for this increases your sense of worth and power.

If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power.

People underestimate the power we have to make real change for animals; it's with our vote. Representatives may not care about animals, but they care about our vote and that is our leverage.

We are faithful not to the triumphant golden eagle (ironically, also an imperial symbol of power in Rome) but to the slaughtered Lamb.

We've been gifted with the power of choice...in our actions, our thoughts, and our words. The quality of our lives gets better or worse depending on which direction we go with our choices.

Sweetie, in our world, fair's got nothing to do with anything. He who has the greatest power wins. It's why we're all willing to kill each other off without flinching. (Solin)

Power in the hands of the stupid is often a dangerous thing. Hitler proved it.

If I had to say who is the number-one most powerful figure is in reality TV, it's very easy. It is the general public. They're the only people who have power now.