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title: "7 Believed Power Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Believed Power quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Believed Power sayings and thoughts."
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> [My parents believed in the power of education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priscilla-chan/my-parents-believed-in-the-power-of-education/)

[Priscilla Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priscilla-chan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/priscilla-chan-21781_believed_my-parents-believed-in-the-power-of-educ_358367.jpg)

> [“There had been a time when I’d believed my power was evil, but God didn’t seem to feel that way, so until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/there-had-been-a-time-when-i-d-believed-my-power-was-evil-but-god/)

[Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/laurell-k-hamilton-199_believed_there-had-been-a-time-when-i-d-believed_830675.png)

> [I've always believed in the power of rational thinking and behavior as the savior of the world, and science fiction as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gunn/i-ve-always-believed-in-the-power-of-rational-thinking-and-behavior/)

[James Gunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gunn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/james-gunn-4477_always_i-ve-always-believed-in-the-power-of-rat_944103.jpg)

> [“he'd never believed that power, in any shape or form, was anything more than the intemperate protrusion on the egomaniacal heart. Since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/he-d-never-believed-that-power-in-any-shape-or-form-was-anything-more/)

[Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/dennis-lehane-1503_politics_he-d-never-believed-that-power-in-any-sh_1213971.jpg)

> [Some think that they will exercise power for the general good, but that is what all those with power have believed. Power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/some-think-that-they-will-exercise-power-for-the-general-good-but/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/the-american-revolutionaries-believed-in-the-power-of-the-word-but/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/robert-darnton-20759_american_the-american-revolutionaries-believed-in_1746281.jpg)

> [“The greatest power requires the gentlest touch. If you have to intervene or force yourself on someone else, then what that's actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar/the-greatest-power-requires-the-gentlest-touch-if-you-have-to/)

[Bashar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/bashar-26955_darryl-anka_the-greatest-power-requires-the-gentlest_2139283.jpg)

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