- There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
- William Henry Harrison on Power
- There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
- Orison Swett Marden on Power
- There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
- There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a man's reasoning powers.
- Bernard Baruch on Power
- There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.
- Steve Forbes on Power
- There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.
- There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.
- Walt Whitman on Power
- There is this power that comes with being famous.
- Rod Stewart on Power
- There is trust in there being a Spirit who loves me and wants me to have love in my life. I trust in this higher power, it is what keeps me moving forward no matter what happens.
- Kenny Loggins on Power
- There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.
- Steven Wright on Power
- There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic.
- Susan Orlean on Power
- There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
- There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
- Josh Billings on Power
- There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.
- Dennis Prager on Power
- These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
- Abraham Lincoln on Power
- These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.
- Ricky Martin on Power
- They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.
- Henry A. Wallace on Power
- They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
- Samuel Butler on Power
- This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.
- Rick Perry on Power
- This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.
- Louise Slaughter on Power
- This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
- C. S. Lewis on Power
- This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. It's tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know?
- Jerry Lewis on Power
- This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
- This revolution, the information revoultion, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It's very crude today, yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt bulb to run it and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now, or 50 years from now?
- Steve Jobs on Power
- Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
- Eric Hoffer on Power
- Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.
- Alexis Carrel on Power
- Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.
- Bo Bennett on Power
- Thoughts have power thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.
- Susan Taylor on Power
- Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
- Allen Klein on Power
- Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.
- Margaret Atwood on Power
- To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.
- Carlos Castaneda on Power
- To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.
- To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.
- Friedrich August Von Hayek on Power
- To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Power
- To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
- Agnes De Mille on Power
- To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
- Robert Burton on Power
- To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
- Joan Didion on Power
- To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
- Simone Weil on Power
- To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
- Baruch Spinoza on Power
- To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power.
- George MacDonald on Power
- To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
- Marcus Aurelius on Power
- To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
- To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.
- Vladimir Nabokov on Power
- To us Americans much has been given of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.
- Norman Thomas on Power
- To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.
- Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
- Peter Drucker on Power
- Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer.
- Nick Rahall on Power
- Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.
- Marc Andreessen on Power
- Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
- Barack Obama on Power
- Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
- Margaret J. Wheatley on Power
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