Powerful Quotes
4692 quotes by 3038 authors
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Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.
— Jean Anouilh
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There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may talk about religion as…
— Natalie Angier
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We need artists to help us come together and share our voices and build community around powerful issues concerning our roles in the world and…
— Natasha Mayers
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Evolution... is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on Earth.
— Julian Huxley
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A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent in his breast. If he…
— Symeon the New Theologian
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A story contained in the family lore of Brigham Young's descendants illustrates the submissive nature of humility. It recounts that in a public meeting the…
— Truman G. Madsen
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Atheism cheapens everything it touches - look at the results of communism, the most powerful form of atheism on earth.
— Peter Kreeft
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Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to their creation?
— Josh Charles
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The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of ink and paper…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth.
— George W. Crane
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The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult…
— Robyn Davidson
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That a few simple men should in one generation have invented so powerful and appealing a personality, so lofty ethic, and so inspiring a vision…
— Will Durant
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother's name through the darkness? Was…
— Alexander MacLaren
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Selfishness is never so exquisitely selfish as when it is on its knees. ... Self turns what would otherwise be a pure and powerful prayer…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things; the simplest and the sublimest; the weakest and the most powerful; its results lie outside the…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
— Michel de Montaigne
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Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends...every man…
— John Brown
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