Quotes about Power

Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it.

God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

Grace is not the freedom to sin; it is the power to live a holy life.

He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.

1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us. 2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us. 3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as "bigger" (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.

Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening.

The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be

When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

A man can protect himself with fists or sword but his best weapon is his intellect.

Pessimism is a denial of the reality of God and the power man draws from being connected to it.

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

The equalization of fortunes may have some slight tendency to stifle animosity and to prevent dissension. But its effect is always inconsiderable, and often doubtful; since those who think themselves entitled to superiority will not patiently brook equality.