Quotes about Power
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
— Elias Canetti
The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of dictators impossible. Today, if you are looking for a safe job, don't become a dictator.
— Shimon Peres
We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Jesus and the early Christians had a marvelous political imagination. They turned all the presumptions and ideas of power and blessing upside down.
— Shane Claiborne
Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.
— Diane von Furstenberg
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.
— Pope Benedict XVI
The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
— Charles Swindoll
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
— Mark Twain
Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in the world at all.
— JI Packer
People have faith in 'faith' and largely forget that our confidence is not in the power of faith but in the Person and work of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
— AW Tozer
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
— Brigham Young