Quotes about pow
power turkeys purpose
In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power of propaganda. Damon Runyon
powerful together words-and-music
Words and music together create powerful, powerful things. Craig Finn
powerful war night
President Bush spent last night calling world leaders to support the war with Iraq and it is sad when the most powerful man on earth is yelling, 'I know you're there, pick up, pick up. Craig Kilborn
powerful past self
Despotism has forever had a powerful hold upon the world. Autocratic government, not self-government, has been the prevailing state of mankind. The record of past history is the record, not of the success of republics, but of their failure. Calvin Coolidge
powerful together benefits
The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. ... The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all, Calvin Coolidge
powerful way care
Taking care of yourself is the most powerful way to begin to take care of others. Bryant H. McGill
powerful purpose becoming
Surrender is not a weakness, or state of inaction, but rather a powerful state of pure energy; the energy of becoming your true purpose. Bryant H. McGill
powerful littles action
There is little more powerful than when truth joins action. Bryant H. McGill
powerful intelligence literature
It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle. Bryant H. McGill
powerful humility tools
The most powerful tools of revolution through intention are humility and consciousness. Bryant H. McGill
powerful talking way
Talking about peoples lived experiences is a powerful way to mobilize them. We can create new rules. Celinda Lake
powerful struggle army
Non-violence is very weak in the theoretical sense; it cannot defend itself. But it is most powerful in the action situation where people are using non-violence because they want desperately to bring about some change. Non-violence in action is a very potent force and it can't be stopped. The people who are struggling have the complete say-so. No man-made law, no human ruler, no army can destroy this. There is no way it can be destroyed... And so, if we have the capacity to endure, if we have the patience, things will change. Cesar Chavez
powerful sick justice
People who have lost their hunger for justice are not ultimately powerful. They are like sick people who have lost their appetite for what is truly nourishing. Such sick people should not frighten or discourage us. They should be prayed for along with the sick people who are in the hospital. "The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature." Cesar Chavez
powerful men land
There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present...What is it that causes some men to act so hastily and so cruelly? It cannot be that we are so powerful. Is it so much to ask that the poorest people of the land have a measure of justice? Cesar Chavez
powerful struggle justice
Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons. Cesar Chavez
powerful sacrifice weapons
When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon. Cesar Chavez
powerful government judging
History will judge societies and governments — and their institutions — not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless. Cesar Chavez
powerful attitude believe
Some authorities believe that one prosperous thought is more powerful than a thousand failure thoughts; and that two prosperous attitudes steadily held and expressed are more powerful than ten thousand failure attitudes! Catherine Ponder
powerful attitude two
One positive statement of good is more powerful than 1,000 negative thoughts; and two positive statements of good are more powerful than 10,000 negative thoughts. Catherine Ponder
powerful healing heal
Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills. Catherine Ponder
powerful men feminine
While men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength. Carol Gilligan
powerful father book
The Book of Telling tells of a woman's journey to uncover the secret life of her father and to find herself in the process, an unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written. Alan Lightman
powerful distance views
We might have been ready to offer sympathy, but in actuality there were stronger reasons to want to congratulate her for having found such a powerful motive to feel sad. We should have envied her for having located someone without whom she so firmly felt she could not survive, beyond the gate let along in a bare student bedroom in a suburb of Rio. If she had been able to view her situation from a sufficient distance, she might have been able to recognise this as one of the high points in her life. Alain de Botton
powerful emotional thinking
I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty. In a way, they want to end powerful feelings, or certainly the negative ones. Alain de Botton
powerful media should-have
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate. Al Franken
powerful civilization water
Of all the works of civilization that interfere with the natural water distribution system, irrigation has been by far the most pervasive and powerful. Al Gore
powerful addiction cracks
Tobacco addiction sinks its claws in deeply, it's just as powerful of [sic] an addiction as heroin or crack cocaine... Al Gore
powerful special firsts
The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal. Al Gore
powerful enemy reason
Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason. Al Gore
power retreat looks
Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast. Charles R. Swindoll
power-of-one should mischief
It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.
power political political-power
All political power is a trust. Charles James Fox
powerful accomplishment wish
Peace is the wish of the French of Italy Spain Germany and all the world, and Great Britain alone the cause of preventing its accomplishment, and this not for any point of honour or even interest, but merely lest there should be an example in the modern world of a great powerful Republic. Charles James Fox