Top 1200 True Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.

The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed, by, as a loss of power.

You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.

Submission does not mean being weak or passive. It leads to neither fatalism nor capitulation. Just the opposite. True power resides in submission. A power that comes from within. Those who submit to the divine essence of life will live in unperturbed tranquility and peace even when the whole wide world goes through turbulence after turbulence.

It's also not true that 'abuse of power' is not impeachable, or that a statutory crime is necessary for impeachment.

America’s true power lies not in its will to dominate but in its ability to inspire.

Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.

That's what Judith Herman is saying, and she's absolutely right. Power then breeds an intensification of all because the power can never be absolute power - to some extent it's stymied - but the isolation while in power becomes even more dangerous. Think of it as a vicious circle. The power intensifies these tendencies and the tendencies become more dangerous because of the power.

People keep saying, 'How'd you get power?' Nobody gives you power. I'll tell you what power is. Power in my estimation is if people will listen to you. That's it.

I think soft power definitely can work. But, you know, it depends on who you're dealing with. Some people are so intent upon power and keeping power that it's very difficult to conduct soft power.

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority.

I've opened my mouth on a lot of subjects. And I thought the more prestige you get, I'd have the power to do what I like. It's not true.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.

True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.

Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential.

What is good? All that enhances the feeling of power, the Will to Power, and power itself in man. What is bad? — All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness? — The feeling that power is increasing — that resistance has been overcome.

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.

If you are sincere and true to your work, you will be respected. And for me, respect is power.

Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny.

You are perfect, whole and complete. You needn't add anything to yourself to experience your true power.

True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others.

It is the treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power.

Mercy is the true power that can save humanity and the world from sin and evil.

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

The NRA is a true grass-roots organization, and the collective power of its membership is simply unparalleled.

You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.

Every natural power exhilarates; a true talent delights the possessor first.

It is not true that a man's intellectual power is, like the strength of a timber beam, to be measured by its weakest point.

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

Most universities are no longer temples of knowledge, but of power, and true moderns worship there.

We find that the statements of science are not of what is true and what is not true, but statements of what is known with different degrees of certainty: "It is very much more likely that so and so is true than that it is not true".

A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.

To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.

Technology, publicity and sexuality have their place in music, but they are all subordinate to the pleasures and power of true vocal talent.

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

True socialism is the equalization of all privileges. The power to take advantage of them, - that is another matter.

There are two kinds of power. One is power over, which is always destructive, and the other is power from within, which is a transcendent and creative power.

I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams, and in the absolute necessity of a support structure.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power

There is no true believing or trusting to the report of the gospel, but what is the effect of the working of a divine power on the soul for that end.

True patriots measure themselves not by personal wealth or power but by the degree to which they contribute to the community.

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.

Big Sur is a fascinating place. It is one of the true power places in America.

We're brought up to believe in a fairytale-romance sort of way that true love is out there and true loves don't care about what you look like and stuff, just what's down inside. And that's probably true, but what's also true, sadly, is that true loves are very rare and very hard to find.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.

There are Christians who think and speak altogether too much about the power of Satan. They think of their adversary, they pray about him, they talk about him, and he looms up greater and greater in their imagination. It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but, thank God, we have a mighty Saviour, who cast out the evil one from heaven. Satan is pleased when we magnify his power. Why not talk of Jesus? Why not magnify His power and His love?

All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.

Power over must be replaced by shared power, by the power to do things, by the discovery of our own strength as opposed to a passive receiving of power exercised by others, often in our name.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

We must know the power of the Blood if we are to know the power of God. Our knowing experimentally the power of the Word, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the power of prayer is dependent upon our knowing the power of the Blood of Christ.

True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.

More fundamentally, however, the answer to petitioners' objection is that there can be no impairment of executive power, whether on the state or federal level, where actions pursuant to that power are impermissible under the Constitution. Where there is no power, there can be no impairment of power.

Your economic security does not lie in your job; it lies in your own power to produce - to think, to learn, to create, to adapt. That's true financial independence. It's not having wealth; it's having the power to produce wealth.

In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.

True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.

Jesus is the true manifestation of God, and He is manifested to be the regenerating power of a divine life.

I hate government. I hate power. I think that man's existence, insofar as he achieves anything, is to resist power, to minimize power, to devise systems of society in which power is the least exerted.