Quotes about power
powerful humanity drug
I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity. Rudyard Kipling
powerful heart grieving
Five years from the date of the attack that changed our world, we've come back to remember the valor of those we lost-those who innocently went to work that day and the brave souls who went in after them. We have also come to be ever mindful of the courage of those who grieve for them, and the light that still lives in their hearts. Rudy Giuliani
powerful writing heart
When your writing is unselfconscious, when it comes from your heart, that's when it's powerful. Sandra Cisneros
powerful heart most-powerful
The most powerful speaking you can do is the speaking that comes from your heart and your love.
power men years
A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope. Samuel Johnson
power anxiety mind
When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
power envy may
Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.
powerful men names
The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man would be rich, powerful, and famous; yet fame, power, and riches, are only the names of relative conditions, which imply the obscurity, dependence, and poverty of greater numbers.
powerful hands humanity
There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary alike of pleasures and of cares; that the powerful and the weak, the celebrated and obscure, join in one common wish, and implore from nature's hand the nectar of oblivion.
powerful dirty air
The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists. Sam Wyly
power liable reactions
Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction. Rufus Choate
powerful believe love-is
I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully. Rufus Wainwright
powerful love-is winning
That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.
powerful media action
One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest. Rowan Williams
powerful battle weapons
The great dynamic success of capitalism had given us a powerful weapon in our battle against Communism-money. Ronald Reagan
powerful rights freedom-of-speech
The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time. William Hague
powerful building should
The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.
powerful thinking best-experiences
I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies. William H. Macy
power delicacy persons
If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power. William Hazlitt
power crowds dirt
Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
power men tyrants
The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant, the other a slave.
power knowing done
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why.
power germany purpose
If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind. William E. Gladstone
powerful men enemy
What a man needs to get ahead is a powerful enemy. Wendell Willkie
powerful government roots
However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem is always found to be found in private life. We must learn to see that every problem that concerns us as conservationists always leads straight to the question of how we live. The world is being destroyed, no doubt about it, by the greed of the rich and powerful. It is also being destroyed by popular demand. Wendell Berry
powerful people ordinary
There are not enough rich and powerful people to consume the whole world; for that, the rich and powerful need the help of countless ordinary people.
powerful character expression
Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living. W. Somerset Maugham
power land business-success
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
powerful writing creativity
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
powerful historical-novels fiction
There are some varieties of fiction that I never touch - mystery stories, for instance, which I abhor, and historical novels. I also detest the so-called "powerful" novel - full of commonplace obscenities and torrents of dialog. Vladimir Nabokov
powerful animal dragons
I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal. Yoko Ono
powerful war simple
The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
powerful
Singlemindedness is all-powerful. Yamamoto Tsunetomo