Quotes about Power

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.

The President may have a great many powers given to him by the Constitution and may have certain powers under certain laws which are given to him by the Congress of the United States; but the principal power that the President had is to bring people in and try to persuade them to do what they ought to do without persuasion.

Mother Teresa used the analogy of electricity: "The wire is you and me; the current is God," she said. "We have the power to let the current pass through us, use us, and produce the light of the world—Jesus.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

When man has love he is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than himself, for he, himself, becomes the powerful force

We can't do it on our own—none of us. We ask for His help—daily. Why, I remember my pa praying every morning that God would give him wisdom and power and patience for the day.

Prayer had worked.

The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers.

When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.

We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Jesus and the early Christians had a marvelous political imagination. They turned all the presumptions and ideas of power and blessing upside down.

Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman.

All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.