Power Quotes · Page 159

The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.

— Pierre Corneille

Everything possessed the power to transform itself, or else, and what meant more, to be transformed.

— Wallace Stevens

We are masters because we have the power to create and to rule our own lives.

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

“If you are faithful in little things, then you will be given a bigger commitment.”

— Sunday Adelaja

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

— Marcus Aurelius

Kings may see their palaces fall, but the ants will always have their dwellings.

— Eugenie de Guerin

“The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“There is no power which can stand against that of Jesus Christ.”

— Angelique La Fon-Cox

Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can't get you a new sweater? Jamie: Because, he's too busy…

— Nicholas Sparks

There can be nothing without love. No money, no power. Love is very important. When you wake up in the morning, you…

— Giorgio Armani

I live in Hawaii part time and love shooting the ocean, both long exposures that capture the movement of water and with…

— Tom Anderson

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

— Anonymous

For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what…

— Anonymous

“Those who fight for social justice and the rights of people will count any other thing as unimportant.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Everybody eventually discovers that they are an individual with the power to affect their own lives and make it better or not.

— Lawrence Blume

“It is only those that live intentionally that can accomplish and come to the significance meant for them.”

— Sunday Adelaja

For my part, I desire to see the time when education - and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry -…

— Abraham Lincoln

A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed,…

— Bruce Lee

Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American…

— Douglas Wilder

Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the…

— Stuart Symington

I am disappointed and frustrated by the FCC's decision to ignore the vast majority of Americans across the political spectrum, and instead…

— Deb Haaland

The essence of power is the knowledge that what you do is going to have an effect not just an immediate but…

— Bob Hawke

If you had no new technology, and you powered society as we do today - mostly by fossil fuels - you'd have…

— Ramez Naam

Back when Saddam Hussein was in power, the Americans didn't care about his crimes. When he was gassing the Kurds and gassing…

— Sam Richards

Stephen Harper is probably the most dangerous human being ever elevated to power in Canada.

— Farley Mowat

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

— Joseph Joubert

A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.

— Nancy Gibbs

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

— Donna Karan

We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.

— Sylvia Earle

I usually have sex to my stand-up comedy album. Power move.

— Jeff Ross

Three Things to Control... Tounge, Temper and Temptation.

— Nikhil Saluja

“Humiliating for my freedom … will not never be been something that gets used to it!”

— Hesham Nebr

Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.

— Timothy Keller

“There is no greater power than the one others do not believe you possess.”

— Luis Marques

“when the ego disappears, so does power over language.”

— W. H. Auden

“The strength we find within ourselves gives us endurance and perseverance power.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.

— Bryant H. McGill

All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man.

— Francis Bacon

“Finishing things take power, but it makes you more powerful.”

— Sherman Toppin

“You don’t control the situation, but you control what you think about it.”

— Ryan Holiday