Quotes about Power
O how feeble is man's power, That if good fortune fall, Cannot add another hour, Nor a lost hour recall! But come bad chance, And we join to'it our strength, And we teach it art and length, Itself o'er us to'advance.
— John Donne
That so all vapours of all disobedience to thee, being subdued under my feet, I may, in the power and triumph of thy Son, tread victoriously upon my grave, and trample upon the lion and dragon [182] that lie under it to devour me.
— John Donne
The more you connect to the Power within you, the more you can be free in all areas of your life.
— Louise Hay
I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.
— Max Lucado
Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.
— Joel Osteen
The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.
— St. Augustine
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
— Alexander Hamilton
Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!
— Thomas Jefferson
After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.
— Andrew Jackson
The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
— James Madison
A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
— Franklin Pierce
It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
— CS Lewis