Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. – Phillips Brooks
As a nuclear power – as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon – the United States has a moral responsibility to act. – Barack Obama
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. – Marianne Williamson
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. – Voltaire
To live happily is an inward power of the soul. – Marcus Aurelius
Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself. – W. Clement Stone
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. – Richard Bach
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. – Marcus Aurelius
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice. – Stephen Covey
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. – Aldous Huxley
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. – Napoleon Bonaparte
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. – Calvin Coolidge
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton
There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators. – Steven Wright
All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours. – Aldous Huxley
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind – not the fiend or the sadist. – Erich Fromm
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. – George Orwell
