Power Quotes

I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind- And I see that my own hands can make The world that’s in my mind.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

Forgetting is power, & not a weakness. For if we could never forget how would our wounds ever heal.

The only limit to the power of Almighty God lies within you & me.

Power over the self and no desire to control anything else.

If we do not love one another, we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer.

Advice? I don’t offer advice. Not my business. Your life is what you make it.

A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.

As if flesh and skin and hands are any match for bullets. As if bones won’t crack in hails of powder and lead. As if rivers of blood are not the direct result of trigger fingers that bend but do not break on “bad days”.

When you allow a person’s words to upset you, you’re giving away your power.