Quotes about Power

He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.

1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us. 2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us. 3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as "bigger" (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.

Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening.

The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be

When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

A man can protect himself with fists or sword but his best weapon is his intellect.

Pessimism is a denial of the reality of God and the power man draws from being connected to it.

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

The equalization of fortunes may have some slight tendency to stifle animosity and to prevent dissension. But its effect is always inconsiderable, and often doubtful; since those who think themselves entitled to superiority will not patiently brook equality.

What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.