Quotes about Power

We misjudge risk if we feel we have some control over it, even if it's an illusory sense of control.

The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.

We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls.

There's only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.

As prayer warriors, we must remember that no matter how hopeless a situation may appear to us, God gives us power in prayer to do something about it. We may be overwhelmed by it, but God isn't. We may not see a way out, but God can. Because of Him, we can make a difference!

A ruler who is loved is greater than a ruler who is feared.

Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.

Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.

Joy doubles your faith, strength triples your might, and love quadruples your power.

Love has no spear but conquers hearts.

Our theology is insufficiently Christian—and less revealing of the truth than it should be, if Christian claims are indeed true (as we believe them to be)—when we repeat in religious idiom normative stances that nontheologians advocate, often with better arguments and greater rhetorical power.

Evil has insinuated itself into our very souls and rules over us from the very citadel erected to guard us against it.