Powerful Quotes

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Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh; an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains… — Erich Fromm
Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. — Ambrose Bierce
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out… — Rita Coolidge
[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get… — Steven Levitt
Trade is now clearly designed to favor the wealthiest and most powerful corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The three wealthiest people… — Jim Wallis
On our knees we are the most powerful force on earth — Billy Graham
I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence… — Jim Elliot
I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure… — Deborah Cox
No one is going to be powerful in their ministry if they are hiding something that they are afraid people will find out at any… — David Jeremiah
Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be powerful until we… — Erwin W. Lutzer
Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness: Satan, the world… — Charles Stanley
Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful. — Erwin W. Lutzer
O, when it comes to faith, what a living, creative, active, powerful thing it is. It cannot do other than good at all times. It… — Martin Luther
Few of us are aware that the act of eating can be a powerful statement of commitment to our own well-being, and at the same… — John Robbins
Nothing is more powerful and liberating than knowledge. — William H. Gray III
Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so… — Seneca the Younger
...once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart and gently tending its wounds will protect you from evil. Building a… — Deepak Chopra
I would want them to really think about how amazing they are and how lucky they are to be a woman. And how powerful they… — Beyonce Knowles
All things else being equal, our prayers are only as powerful as our lives. In the long pull we only pray as well as we… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The fact that the most powerful and significant connections in our lives are (at the time) invisible to us seems to me a compelling argument… — David Foster Wallace
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. — Benjamin Disraeli
"In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether "we, the people" is a spiritual idea embedded… — Bill Moyers
Imagination is a powerful agent for creating, as it were, a second nature out of the material supplied to it by actual nature. — Immanuel Kant
The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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