Quotes about Power
A rabbit, it has been said, can outrun a lion. But the rabbit's great fear of the lion paralyzes it, making it easy for the lion to catch and consume it.
— Sheila Walsh
As long as I viewed someone as the enemy, I gave that person some power over my life. But as I forgave a person, I too was free.
— Sheila Walsh
He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross. (Colossians 2:14—15)
— Sheila Walsh
The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself a democracy.
— George W. Bush
There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.
— JRR Tolkien
Immediate are the acts of God, more swift than time or motion.
— John Milton
The mighty army of time is without equal.
— Jon Jones
I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need.
— Ezra Taft Benson
One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.
— Harold S. Kushner
If you look at the gospel, it just doesn't break things apart. The gospel brings things together. One of the great demonstration of the gospel's power is reconciliation.
— Tullian Tchividjian
It is a blessed thing to know that no power on earth, no temptation, no human frailty can dissolve what God holds together.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer