Power Quotes - Page 21

We live in an age fit for heroes. No time has ever offered such perils or prizes. Man can provide a full life for humanity – or he can destroy himself with the problems he has created. The test of this century will be whether man confuses the growth of wealth and power with the growth of spirit and character.…

From the moment I met you, your personality had the most extraordinary influence over me. I was dominated, soul brain and power.

The economy of your country shall never determine the size of your three square meals if you know you can rise against and above all limitations! The climatic emergencies in the weather shall never determine your survival rates if you know you are above their standards!

Some people are like vacuums. They will suck everything out of you until there is nothing left of you behind

I think that the event which, more than anything else, led me to the search for ways of making more powerful radio telescopes, was the recognition, in 1952, that the intense source in the constellation of Cygnus was a distant galaxy—1000 million light years away. This discovery showed that some galaxies were capable of producing radio emission about a million times more intense than that from our own Galaxy or the Andromeda nebula, and the mechanisms responsible were quite unknown. ... [T]he possibilities were so exciting even in 1952 that my colleagues and I set about the task of designing instruments capable of extending the observations to weaker and weaker sources, and of exploring their internal structure.

The power of thought is not a compelling force. It is a building force, and it is only when used in the latter sense that desirable results can be produced.

Prayer is the power of being.

There is a weak person because he is weak ... but there is a strong person who was once weak!

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.

absolute power is corrupting

You can be in the vanguard of those that bring a change to the community and to the nation as a whole.

Every empire grow until its reach exceeds its grasp

You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach that level they've sold their soul to the devil so many times and stomped the guts out of enough people that they are definitely not like you and me, not even close.

The price of ignorance is usually a life of frustration and destruction.

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

Who you are when you have no power to say anything, and who you become when you have power to say everything will determine whether you are a leader or not.

Power is Power," Bryan says."People want anything they think will give them an edge.

Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.

Responsibility n: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God Fate Fortune Luck or one's neighbour. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

Power and control are more dangerous than any weapons.

Truth begets knowledge and knowledge begets power.

Beware of fame; for when they come for you, they come not to give, but for to gain.Whoever is needed, wields the most power.Whoever is needy, seeks to wield that power.

The real power of a leader is in the number of minds he can reach, hearts he can touch, souls he can move, and lives he can change.

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much greater business of plunder.

Because it is my destiny, Zabdas! Because I've always known the gods made me for something more -- more than just a wife, just a mother, just a woman. They made me for power!

Sure we all need money but what do you really focus on? It is a matter of the heart. If your thoughts are on material and worldly things, no good fruits can come out of it.Seek the kingdom of God first and the other things shall be added unto you not vice versa.

Keep the change," he smiled. Was there ever a more empowering phrase than "Keep the change"?

There are people that are to champion the campaign and advocacy against the cycle of ungodliness and injustice in every nation.

Stronger your reasons, stronger the will power

There is still hope that if the people refuse to give up and keep silent, no matter how long or inconsequential their voices could be at the beginning, it would still be heard and justice be served.

If GOD can raise a dead man, then He can raise a living man's dead anything.

When the fuel is dried up in a vehicle, it stops driving automatically. You are a vehicle in the spiritual and the physical world, so you need some oil for alacrity, in order to get to your destination. The greater the quantity of your oil, the more you cover the distance, and the more you cover the distance, the closer you get to your success.

power is obtainable respect is earned loyalty is priceless and revenge is sweet these are the lessons we learn in life

When we are preoccupied with wealth and material acquisitions, it chokes God's word in us and makes it unfruitful. But if we follow His plan of being prosperous you will enjoy the blessings of this life.

How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky.

... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful.

Hesitation creates gaps. Boldness obliterates them.

Love, it is timeless. It can transcend the very limits of time and space, as long as it stays forever true in our hearts.

I realize the simple truth is that power isn’t control at all- power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own.

Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.

You didn't make me responsible. You don't have that power. This"—he held up his hands, and light glowed from his palms—"this made me responsible. Having power made me responsible. I had the power and you had the brains. So we were chosen. That's the way it works, isn't it? People who can have to help those who can't. The strong defend the weak from the strong. I don't think you invented that, Astrid; all you did was make me see it. Well, I see it. There it is. The FAYZ gave me this light, and the FAYZ made it necessary. And now the light isn't helping, is it? Now that monster is going to walk into town and kill people I care about and people I love. (Chapter Twenty-Six | 2 Hours, 56 Minutes)

Power, of course. The primitive fear of being controlled. It does not matter whether it is an invasion from outer space or power wielded from a subterranean command post: some alien force is about to take control on us, to dominate - and, if necessary in the process, to terminate our existence. We never stop to think - or, at best, a secondary consideration is whether such a force might be for the good, that humanity might indeed be improved by such a takeover. Volition, to which we desperately cling, is the very definition of our mature completion as social beings.

Nature has two powers: Her own physical power and the spiritual power of her beauty!

There is no bigger weapon than brain, yet the time is more powerful in the World.

It is not God’s power that is lacking to accomplish the redemption of nations

If there is anything the leaders in the society or the nations must take note of is to know the importance of justice.

There’s only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

The power of speech does not rely upon meaning. Words carry energy all by themselves. They vibrate through the air, with the intention of the speaker, shaping consciousness and touching hearts whether understood or not.

I wonder if they were aware of the power of complimentary alcohol during World War I.

If he touches me, I will succumb. I know the power he wields over me and my traitorous body. I know.

There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power.

Now, I don't believe that a god exists. I think that gods are creation of men, by men, and for men. What has happened over the many centuries now, the better part of two thousand in fact, is that God has been slowly and steadily accruing power. His church has been accruing power, and the men who run that church, and they are all men, are not about to give it up. If they give it up, they give up luxury, they give up comfort.

To serve others is not only by hands but by mouth as well.

The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words.

Most powerful is he who never cared for power.