power quotes

“The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell. ”

— George Washington Bush

“I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ”

— Julius Caesar

“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. ”

— Julius Caesar

“One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again. ”

— Jim Carrey

“'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots. ”

— Johnny Depp

“I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power, that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come. ”

— Bob Dylan

“You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary. ”

— Bob Dylan

“It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it could only be used if they understood what was happening and how group action could counter violence . . .”

— Ella Baker

“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”

— Helen Keller

“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”

— Muhammad Ali

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”

— Jim Morrison

“If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.”

— Edward Hopper

“The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.”

— William James

“I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.”

— Stephen King

“It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously.”

— Stephen King

“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.”

— Stanley Kubrick