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Power Quotes

"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."

"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Power, Conversation, Speech, Trouble

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"Don't limit your potential, embrace then accentuate the Power of your Heart's consciousness."

"Don't limit your potential, embrace then accentuate the Power of your Heart's consciousness."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Power, Potential, Heart, Consciousness

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"In Tybalt's case, it means bloody control of the local Court of Cats. He became their king by right of blood; he's held the position by beating the crap out of anyone who tries to take it away. The Cait Sidhe take a more direct and bloody approach to succession than most of Faerie."

"In Tybalt's case, it means bloody control of the local Court of Cats. He became their king by right of blood; he's held the position by beating the crap out of anyone who tries to take it away. The Cait Sidhe take a more direct and bloody approach to succession than most of Faerie."

Seanan McGuire, American Author

Power, Control, Conflict, Leadership

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"The only power God recognizes in His church is the power of His Spirit whereas the only power actually recognized today by the majority of evangelicals is the power of man."

"The only power God recognizes in His church is the power of His Spirit whereas the only power actually recognized today by the majority of evangelicals is the power of man."

Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

Power, Faith, Spirit, Truth

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"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Power, Man, State

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"Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere, not private. It is dethroned by public acts."

"Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere, not private. It is dethroned by public acts."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Power, Morality, Reputation, Class

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"Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason."

"Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

Power, Pride, Reason, Leadership

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"Extravagant sartorial display had a purpose. It created the impression of wealth and power on the opponent and pride in the wearer which has been lost sight of in our nervously egalitarian times."

"Extravagant sartorial display had a purpose. It created the impression of wealth and power on the opponent and pride in the wearer which has been lost sight of in our nervously egalitarian times."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

Power, Wealth, Pride, Social

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"Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power."

"Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Power, Prayer, Faith, Spiritual

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"One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear " sharp and ready."

"One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear " sharp and ready."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Power, Fear, Strategy, Readiness

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"Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next."

"Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Power, Strategy, Confusion, Enemy, Deception

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"The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power."

"The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power."

Gerry Spence, American Lawyer

Power, Freedom, Justice, Law

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"The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear."

"The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Faith, Fear

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"Knowledge and human power are synonymous."

"Knowledge and human power are synonymous."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Power, Knowledge

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"It's them that takes advantage that gets advantage i' this world."

"It's them that takes advantage that gets advantage i' this world."

George Eliot, British Author

Power, Advantage, World, Survival

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"Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power."

"Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Power, Man, Will, Wine

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"Fire will save the Clan, ' she murmured, and Fireheart remembered the mysterious prophecy that he had heard from his earliest days in ThunderClan. 'You never understood, did you?' Bluestar went on. 'Not even when I gave you your apprentice name, Firepaw. And I doubted it myself, when fire raged through our camp. Yet I see the truth now. Fireheart, you are the fire who will save ThunderClan."

"Fire will save the Clan, ' she murmured, and Fireheart remembered the mysterious prophecy that he had heard from his earliest days in ThunderClan. 'You never understood, did you?' Bluestar went on. 'Not even when I gave you your apprentice name, Firepaw. And I doubted it myself, when fire raged through our camp. Yet I see the truth now. Fireheart, you are the fire who will save ThunderClan."

Erin Hunter, British Author

Power, Fire, Destiny, Courage

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"It is the earliest dream that I can remember, earlier than the witch at the corner of the nursery passage, this dream of something outside that has got to come in. The witch, like the masked dancers, has form, but this is simply power, a force exerted on a door, an influence that drifted after me upstairs and pressed against windows."

"It is the earliest dream that I can remember, earlier than the witch at the corner of the nursery passage, this dream of something outside that has got to come in. The witch, like the masked dancers, has form, but this is simply power, a force exerted on a door, an influence that drifted after me upstairs and pressed against windows."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

Power, Fear, Childhood, Force

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"By not making your own choices, you give up power to change your life."

"By not making your own choices, you give up power to change your life."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

Power, Choice, Life, Change

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"Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen."

"Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

Power, Time, Strength, Cheerfulness

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"What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man."

"What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Power, Feeling, Man, Will

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"And after a while...I mean, how do you choose? Who gets to live? Part of life is that...well, some people have to die. My powers aren't a prescription you can get filled as needed."

"And after a while...I mean, how do you choose? Who gets to live? Part of life is that...well, some people have to die. My powers aren't a prescription you can get filled as needed."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Power, Life, Choice, Death

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"We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces."

"We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Power, Science, Technology, Disaster

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"It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power."

"It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Power, Happiness, Heart, Love

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"Power and wealth increase in direct proportion to a man's distance from the material objects from which wealth and power are ultimately derived."

"Power and wealth increase in direct proportion to a man's distance from the material objects from which wealth and power are ultimately derived."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Power, Wealth, Distance, Material

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"Fulfil my wishes, Obey my commands."

"Fulfil my wishes, Obey my commands."

Truth Devour, Australian Author

Power, Obedience, Control, Authority

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"The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you."

"The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Power, Pain, Strength, Survival

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"The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power."

"The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Power, Truth, Courage, Consciousness

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"I say to myself: "Who are you to measure infinite power?"

"I say to myself: "Who are you to measure infinite power?"

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Power, Humility, Faith, Reflection

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"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers."

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"A pleasurable woman could cause more harm than miserable one."

"A pleasurable woman could cause more harm than miserable one."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Power, Pleasure, Desire, Emotion

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"God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive."

"God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Power, God, Being, Man

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"He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage."

"He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Power, Courage, Honesty, Wealth

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"Uncommon solutions can always overcome problems of the most common or uncommon kind if I am sufficiently committed to overcoming them."

"Uncommon solutions can always overcome problems of the most common or uncommon kind if I am sufficiently committed to overcoming them."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Power, Commitment, Wisdom, Truth

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"Men have grown embarrassingly weak, but only through observation. Their resolve can easily be broken by a woman. Their emotions can be easily manipulated by a woman. Their power can be easily taken by a woman. Their pride can be easily stripped by a woman. Their entire life can easily be ruined by a woman. While physically stronger, their manipulative prowess can be wittingly outclassed by a woman. And while their dreams are stronger, the realities of women are stronger."

"Men have grown embarrassingly weak, but only through observation. Their resolve can easily be broken by a woman. Their emotions can be easily manipulated by a woman. Their power can be easily taken by a woman. Their pride can be easily stripped by a woman. Their entire life can easily be ruined by a woman. While physically stronger, their manipulative prowess can be wittingly outclassed by a woman. And while their dreams are stronger, the realities of women are stronger."

Lionel Suggs, American Writer

Power, Weakness, Manipulation, Emotion

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"In this he saw that Ogion had been right: the shadow could not draw on his power, so long as he was turned against it."

"In this he saw that Ogion had been right: the shadow could not draw on his power, so long as he was turned against it."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Power, Shadow, Right, Magic

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"Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition."

"Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition."

Eliza Farnham, American Activist

Power, Time, Soul, Church

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"And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?"If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons."

"And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?"If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Power, Conquest, History, Strength

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"Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose, fulfilling a divine destiny. That is power!"

"Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose, fulfilling a divine destiny. That is power!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Power, Work, Conviction, Purpose

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"You gain power by pretending to be weak."

"You gain power by pretending to be weak."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Power, Strategy, Deception, Strength

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"Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something."

"Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Power, Control, Fear, Desire

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"Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would pass from time. I might be a worm to him, but he was a worm himself in the grand scheme of the universe."

"Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would pass from time. I might be a worm to him, but he was a worm himself in the grand scheme of the universe."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Power, Existence, Humility, Universe

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"There is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers."

"There is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers."

Henry Middleton, American Politician

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"If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains."

"If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Power, Burden, Responsibility, Freedom

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"Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals."

"Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals."

George Eliot, British Author

Power, Generalization, Truth, Superiority

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"Confident women know the difference between being a meal ticket and being the meal."

"Confident women know the difference between being a meal ticket and being the meal."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Power, Confidence, Woman, Identity

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"I believe that in the battle between guns and ideas, ideas will, eventually, win. Because the ideas are invisible, and they linger, and, sometimes, they can even be true. Eppur si muove: and yet it moves."

"I believe that in the battle between guns and ideas, ideas will, eventually, win. Because the ideas are invisible, and they linger, and, sometimes, they can even be true. Eppur si muove: and yet it moves."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Power, Idea, Truth, Victory

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"The point of power is always in the present moment."

"The point of power is always in the present moment."

Louise L. Hay, American Author

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"The lightning said to the oak tree: 'Stand aside, or take what is coming to you!"

"The lightning said to the oak tree: 'Stand aside, or take what is coming to you!"

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Power, Warning, Strength, Nature

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"Vanity rather than wisdom determines how the world is run."

"Vanity rather than wisdom determines how the world is run."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Power, Vanity, Wisdom, World, Leadership

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