Quotes about Power
And now we beseech of Thee that we may have every day some such sense of God's mercy and of the power of God about us, as we have of the fullness of the light of heaven before us.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
- Edmund Burke
Power always sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon foi, believes itself right. Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak.
- John Adams
O how feeble is man's power, that if good fortune fall, cannot add another hour, nor a lost hour recall!
- John Donne
A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.
- Henry Ward Beecher
What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
It's absolutely crucial that we come face to face with the power of our choices.
- Rob Bell
What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?
- Albert Camus
This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .
- Aristotle
Oh, what thoughts man might have had about the fact that God is in all creatures, and so might have reflected on the power and the wisdom of God in even the smallest flowers!
- Martin Luther
The depositary of power is always unpopular.
- Benjamin Disraeli