Wield Quotes

92 quotes by 86 authors

America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies as knowledge -… — Nancy Pearcey
Advertizing, television and film all wield mighty powers to visually seduce us, while much fine art leaves us indifferent, confused or, at worst, repulsed. There… — John Walford
Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the… — Michel de Montaigne
The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority. — Prince Charles
Nonviolence is a powerful as well as a just weapon. If you confront a man who has long been cruelly misusing you, and say, "Punish… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fantasy fiction is essentially about the concept of power; great fantasy fiction is about people who find it at great cost or lose it tragically;… — Stephen King
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
And down the dunes a thousand guns lie crouched,Unseen, beside the flood -Like tigers in some Orient jungle crouchedThat wait and watch for blood.Meanwhile, through… — Henry Timrod
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword. — R. Buckminster Fuller
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the… — Howard Rheingold
All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But... I can ride and wield blade,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them. — Nobuhiro Watsuki
Centuries of fighting, and for what? I say. "Today it ends. I can't live in fear any longer. I've cursed this power. I've both enjoyed… — Libba Bray
If I don't wield the sword, I can't protect you. If I keep wielding the sword, I can't embrace you. -Ichigo Kurosaki — Tite Kubo
Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all. ~Shuhei Hisagi — Tite Kubo
The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts, without… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power. — Kate Morton
I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any power now. Sam… — Maggie Stiefvater
Lord, if I thought you were listening, I'd pray for this above all: that any church set up in your name should remain poor, and… — Philip Pullman

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