Quotes about Power

Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.

Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail

And if our lives are but a single flash in the dark hollow of eternity, then if, but for the briefest of moments, we shine - then how brilliantly our light has burned. And as starlight knows no boundary of space or time, so too, our illumination will shine forth throughout all eternity, for darkness has no power to quell such light. And this is a lesson we must all learn and take to heart - that all light is eternal and all love is light. And it must forever be so.

Humility is the power to admit that you may be wrong. Admitting to false beliefs is not weakness, it is the first step on the path to truth. And make no mistake, there is no such thing as individual truth, only individual perception. Perception is subjective, but truth isn't.

Wars aren't won with guns; they're won with checkbooks.

Sometimes the most profound experiences of our lives start with an act so simple and careless that we hardly think about it - like tossing a small stone that causes a massive avalanche.

One cannot understand the power of grace until one has needed it. Or given it.

From our own strength we cannot bear the least trouble, but by the Spirit's assistance we can bear the greatest.

The tyrant of Syracuse once went to the slavephilosopher Epictetus and told him, "I'll pay the ransom for you and you will be liberated " Epictetus replied, "Why do you care about me? Free yourself." "But I am a king," said the amazed tyrant. "This I contest," was the answer of the philosopher. "He who masters his passions is a king even while in chains. He who is ruled by his passions is a slave even while sitting on a throne.

We have to use instead of the weapon of criticism, the criticism of weapons.

Receive his Spirit, who will give you the power to fulfill your life purpose.

William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, said, "The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender.