Top 1200 Electrical Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

Power, true power, comes from within. Not without. (Nick)

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency.

The real power of money is the power to give it away.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.

Knowledge Is Power! Train smart and obtain power!

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power.

Men in power are always interested in greater power.

Power is not just about the chair. The public is power.

Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power.

Political power without economic power is sterile.

Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most important energy is human spiritual energy and when I say spiritual, I feel like have to be very careful, I don't mean religious, I mean the energy of the mind, the energy that exists within us.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.

The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it.

There is no greater power in the Universe than the power of love.

What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men, who, having the enjoyment of power, do not discharge the duties of power; they are the men who, having the power to redress wrongs, refuse to listen to the petitioners that are sent to them; they are the men who, when they are asked for a loaf, give a stone.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

The person of power uses their power to open up their mind to higher levels all the time, which creates tremendous happiness.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

We've got our own power - the power of the purse.

There's no greater power than the power of good-bye.

This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a serious matter. If I were the media, I would be wary of using anything that came out of these document dumps which serves the purpose of a foreign power. But, at the very least, Americans have to discount this. This is an attempt to hijack and change American democracy by a foreign power. It can't be accepted.

The only power you have on this planet is the power of your decisions.

The power of incumbency and the power of money is just overwhelming.

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.

Quality combines people power and process power.

The thing is, when you put a button in someone's hand and give them the power of yes or no, no is a shorter word. People just say no. The power lies in who can say no the most. But, real power, though, lies in the opportunity to say yes. I think people ultimately realize that, but not when they're in the spotlight.

Nothing has any power except the power that you give it.

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'

I think for the most part men have always been the aggressors sexually. Through time immemorial they've always been in control. So I think sex is equated with power in a way, and that's scary in a way. It's scary for men that women would have that power, and I think it's scary for women to have that power - or to have that power and be sexy at the same time.

Kissing power is stronger than will power.

The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells us what is important in our world, and how it came to be. It tells us what is to be ignored, or discarded. That is true power - profound power. The power to define a whole society.

I have a prejudice against people with money. I have known so many, and none have escaped the corruption of power. In this I am a purist. I love people motivated by love and not by power. If you have money and power, and are motivated by love, you give it all away.

Listen, there is no equality without the loss of power. Someone is going to have to lose power. That is really uncomfortable for some people to actually think about, but in order for marginalized people to gain power, white, cisgender, straight, people are going to have to lose some and that's just how it is.

How do you overcome the negative karmas and problems and misery that occur to people who abuse power? You stop abusing power.

Only by fighting for democratic power do workers educate themselves up to the level of being able to wield that power.

To overthrow the power of the bourgeoisie and to establish the power of the proletariat in one country still does not signify the full victory of Socialism.

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.

You know, Vik, you’re amazingly human at times. (Alix) I know. But I wonder if the feelings I have are real or just electrical stimulations in my cortex that simulate human emotion. I wish I knew if they were real or imagined. (Vik) And that makes you completely human, sweetie. We all have those doubts. (Alix)

The only power that the critical voice has is the power that you give it.

Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all the passions." Because it can only be satisfied by power over others, government is its favorite field of exercise. Business offers a kind of power, but only to the very successful at the top, and without the dominion and titles and red carpets and motorcycle escorts of public office.

Less power to religion, the greater power to knowledge

Man's greatest power lies in the power of prayer.

My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power.

Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's terrorizes us, it has power over us. When we are prepared to discuss it aloud, we might have power over it. It's thought of as a mental illness and it is a physical illness, affecting the brain. There should be no shame in having it, yet people still don't talk about it

God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.

The power of love far outweighs the power of will.

The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who were the new administrators of power and wealth in the country. And those families for generations have maintained themselves in positions of power. Latin America founded itself on everyone being equal, but in reality we aren't.

The world is ruled by power and power is obtained by money.

If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may be ascertained - then the people may entrust all their power to anyone, and the power of the pretender and the usurper is then legitimate. It is not to be challenged since it came originally from the sovereign people.