Quotes About Power

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 2003

Much must remain esoteric and veiled. The risks of too much knowledge are far greater than the menace of too little. With knowledge comes responsibility and power,—two things for which the race is not yet ready. Therefore, all we can do is to study and correlate with what wisdom and discretion may be ours, using the knowledge that may come for the good of those we seek to help, and recognising that in the wise use of knowledge comes increased capacity to receive the hidden wisdom.

He is tremendously strong, she thought, and liked the idea, even as she had feared that strength when she first met him

The eyes were too intense, tortured almost. He was tall, but the body was wiry rather than powerful. Nature had gifted him with a cats grace and lethal swiftness, rather than the raw power of a bull.

So fair a victor, how can I help but be conquered.

no peace with Napoleon, that he was possessed of a thirst for power that could never be assuaged; our only hope lay in opposing him to the utmost.

When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life. The Devil, on the other hand, is a real character that's trying his hardest to tear your life apart.

Rebels against her--that stem intractable sense Of that which no man can stomach and still be free, Writing: "When in the course of human events . . ." Writing it out so all the world could see Whence come the powers of all just governments. The tree of Liberty grew and changed and spread, But the seed was English.

The others adapted, for nothing quelled a revolution more quickly—wrote Pauline Schulz—than the prevailing powers inviting it in for drinks.

if they told their own stories, our whole society could fall apart. They have to think it's nothing. But—

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

I knew you were in charge of me but my mind broke on its own.

this apocalyptic need for magic

Chaotic to cast out kings

I saw you come to me as if you were a god

And if I am I must still bring down the pyramid, the paradigm, the leader's pearl throne.

I am now a killer and an immortal, inorganic, an intellectual stranger.

It is an accident that you are well-off, powerful, and content. Would I feel stronger if I saw you weak?

I am a wind of energy, I am evil, but I can't stop and so I rush along, seeking gratification. I won't stop. I don't want to.

Fate, I say, has claws.

A Deusa Tríplice: virgem, mãe e bruxa.

Deus fez o homem à sua semelhança' - poderíamos observar que o Criador nos deu o poder do processo de co-criar.