Our Power Quotes
238 Our Power quotes by 187 unique authors
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The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it demands self-restraint, a sane and…
— Otto Hermann Kahn
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Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our Knowledge, and by…
— William Buckland
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The alchemists of past centuries tried hard to make the elixir of life: ... Those efforts were in vain; it is not in our power…
— Unknown Author
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When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced himself, by counting…
— Hermann von Helmholtz
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Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
— Rene Descartes
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During meditation, if we can concentrate all our attention on one point, and put all problems in front of it, then they can be solved…
— Ching Hai
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Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to…
— Black Elk
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We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late...We can save our planet and…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy…
— Charles Brockden Brown
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A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced,…
— Thomas Paine
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This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.
— Swami Vivekananda
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Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their legislation. You can't…
— Robert B. Laughlin
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If we use our fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly…
— Nikola Tesla
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Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith,…
— Iyanla Vanzant
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Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of our ungoverned population…
— Rene Dubos
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It's kind of pathetic actually that we are all sitting here talking about Forth. It is not the wave of the future. It's never been…
— Charles Moore
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We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may…
— John F. Kennedy
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Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of…
— William J. Clinton
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The image of the Goddess inspires women to see ourselves as divine, our bodies as sacred, the changing phases of our lives as holy, our…
— Starhawk
Who Wrote These Our Power Quotes
187 authors contributed a total of 238 Our Power Quotes, led by these top contributors: