Power quotes

“Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.” Bertrand Russell

“All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.” Simone de Beauvoir

“As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.” William Blake

“Knowledge is power.” Francis Bacon

“It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.” Francis Bacon

“The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.” Francis Bacon

“Knowledge and human power are synonymous.” Francis Bacon

“I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.” David Bowie

“I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.” David Bowie

“We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.” Carl Sagan

“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.” Ayrton Senna

“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.” Joseph Stalin

“I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.” Joseph Stalin

“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.” Joseph Stalin

“Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.” Charles Stanley

“One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.” Charles Stanley

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” John Steinbeck

“Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.” Michael Jackson

“I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.” Paris Hilton

“I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.” Vincent Van Gogh

“Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.” Jonathan Swift

“The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.” Jonathan Swift

“Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.” Jonathan Swift

“Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.” Donald Trump

“What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?” Desmond Tutu

“In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.” Desmond Tutu

“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” Oprah Winfrey