Power Quotes - Page 10

It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed-this, despite the gospel.

General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver. General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

The MORE you Trust in the Arm of the FLESH, the LESS you're going to see of the POWER of GOD.

Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it

Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Our German Fatherland to which I hope will be granted... to become in the future as closely united, as powerful, and as authoritative as once the Roman world-empire was, and that, just as in the old times they said, Civis romanus sum, hereafter, at some time in the future, they will say, I am a German citizen.

Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.

By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education. Psychologist Herbert Gerjuoy of the Human Resources Research Organization phrases it simply: 'The new education must teach the individual how to classify and reclassify information, how to evaluate its veracity, how to change categories when necessary, how to move from the concrete to the abstract and back, how to look at problems from a new direction — how to teach himself. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.'

Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.

Divide and conquer must become define and empower.

You are a powerful, unlimited and eternal soul who is here to enjoy the experience of creativity and contribute to humanity's evolution.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.