Quotes about Power, page 8

We would have an enormous power difficulty in the short term that would create very real disruptions for the people of Westchester and New York City.

Quote by George Pataki about power

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

Quote by Walter Pater about power

I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.

Quote by Carly Patterson about power

Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about power

There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an outdated method of getting power.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about power

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about power

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about power

But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about power

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about power

Blessing is the soveraign act of God, and the power of benediction like the power of God.

Quote by John Pearson about power

Nevertheless, defense by power as a first obligation on a state has to be considered in relation to things other than economics.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about power

Today the predatory state, or the predatory group of states, with power of total destruction, is no more to be tolerated than the predatory individual.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about power

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

Quote by M. Scott Peck about power

Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.

Quote by M. Scott Peck about power

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.

Quote by Mike Pence about power

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

Quote by William Penn about power

No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability, far more unused than used power.

Quote by James Cash Penney about power

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

Quote by Pericles about power

House of Saud would agree to maintain the price of oil within acceptable limits to us, which they've done all of these years, and we would agree to keep the House of Saud in power as long as they did this, which we've done, which is one of the...

Quote by John Perkins about power

I come from a very old New England family, Calvinist, steeped in amazingly strong moral values. I think I, you know, I'm a good person overall, and I think my story really shows how this system and these powerful drugs of sex, money and power can...

Quote by John Perkins about power