Quotes about power
powerful soul needs
Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls. Bobby McFerrin
powerful passion men
Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money. Benjamin Franklin
powerful men needs
The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance.
powerful business practice
Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating social concerns into their business practices, they were emboldened to demand the same of other businesses. Businesses could no longer say it was impossible. Ben Cohen
powerful needs unwind
Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind. Barbara Taylor Bradford
power action appetite
The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive. Barbara Tuchman
power men folly
Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others - only to lose it over themselves.
powerful iron fire
Water is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron. Arthur Golden
powerful book desire
Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore or library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by a powerful desire to read all the books, one by one. Arthur C. Clarke
powerful philosophy grief
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. Anton Chekhov
powerful struggle challenges
Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends. Bela Karolyi
powerful believe cutting
Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were the individuals who exploded feminist theory into the directions that has made it more powerful. So I see us as the leaders not just of Black people and Black women in terms of feminism but in terms of the movement as a whole. bell hooks
powerful writing thinking
Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.
powerful love-is practice
The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.
powerful thinking heavy
What I think of when I think of nu-metal: structured, heavy music that has a point. It's angry just like all the other music, but the bigger parts are bigger and the powerful parts are more powerful and the slow parts slower. Austin Carlile
power viewpoints underprivileged
The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged. Aung San Suu Kyi
powerful war fighting
Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire that are strung across the globe. Arundhati Roy
powerful technology simple
To me, thought-controlled computing is as simple and powerful as a paintbrush - one more tool to unlock and enliven the hidden worlds within us. Ariel Garten
powerful leader trying
Women still have an uneasy relationship with power and the traits necessary to be a leader. There is this internalized fear that if we are really powerful, we are going to be considered ruthless or pushy or strident - all of those epithets that strike right at our femininity. We are still working at trying to overcome the fear that power and womanliness are mutually exclusive. Arianna Huffington
power looks crowds
Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks. Anthony Trollope
powerful romantic-love desire
One of the keystones of romantic love - and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics - is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved. Diane Ackerman
powerful doctors ignorant
The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. Desiderius Erasmus
powerful epic issues
Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States. Demian Bichir
powerful names way
Easy way to make someone sound less powerful, just put DJ in front of their name... ..DJ Abraham Lincoln Demetri Martin
powerful mean men
Man is the most powerful creature on the planet. And we're arrogant. I mean, people own birds. It's like, there's a creature with the gift of flight. I want it. I'm going to put it in my kitchen and make it crap on old information.
power temples worship
Most universities are no longer temples of knowledge, but of power, and true moderns worship there. Dean Koontz
powerful powder fascinated
She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.
power peers harness
Harness the power of peers. Daniel H. Pink
powerful eye survival
Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival. Daniel Goleman
powerful our-world doe
the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise. Daniel Handler
powerful ideas stolen
I found powerful the idea that everything we have is, in effect, stolen from everybody else.
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