Forgetful youth! but know, the Power above With ease can save each object of his love; Wide as his will extends his boundless grace.
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.
I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example.
It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men.
Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.
Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.
Habit is necessary to give power.
My land, the power of training! Of influence! Of education! It can bring a body up to believe anything.
I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
God made every man to have power to be mightier than the events round about him; to hold by his firm will the reigns by which all things are guided.
Power is something that is abused. I suppose use and abuse are in the eye of the beholder.
Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It's the power to do what you ought.
Without prosperous local economies, the people have no power and the land no voice.
Change comes from power, and power comes from organization.
I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around.
I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a radical love of humanity, and especially of poor and working people. And that radical love leads him to a radical analysis of power, domination and oppression. What's difficult is to situate him ideologically under a particular category.
the power of philosophy floats through my head. . light like a feather, heavy as lead.
As the Trump presidency goes on, there will be a transcendency of power and culture and vision from the music scene, the art world that will find a voice and give hope to us all.
