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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. -- Josh Billings
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power. -- Mahatma Gandhi
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. -- Beatrix Potter
We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truth is God, and Truth overrides all our plans. The whole Truth is only embodied within the heart of Great Power-Truth. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Great Powers of falling wave and wind and windy fire, With your harmonious choir Encircle her I love and sing her into peace, That my old care may cease.... -- William Butler Yeats
Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one. -- A. J. P. Taylor
There is no doubt that the second President Bush inherited a very serious terrorist threat, though not such a threat as had been represented by the totalitarian Great Powers, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. -- Conrad Black
From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy. -- Edward Grey
I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss. -- Edward Grey
I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss. -- Edward Grey
Great power involves great responsibility -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
He who has great power should use it lightly. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
He who has great power should use it lightly. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Your great power lies not on the surface, but deep within your being. -- Roger McDonald
Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives -- Vernon Howard
Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here. -- Daniel Ortega
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of. -- George Henry Lewes
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us. -- Ronald Reagan
The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things. -- John Boehner
The great empire will be torn from limb, the all-powerful one for more than four-hundred years: Great power given to the dark one from slaves come. -- Nostradamus
Many a man owes his advancement very largely to his ability to converse well. The ability to interest people in your conversation, to hold them, is a great power. -- Orison Swett Marden
Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own character and that of the people becomes worse. -- John Taylor of Caroline
Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God. -- Frederick William Faber
The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power. -- Robert H. Jackson
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest. -- Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation. -- Barbara Ann Radnofsky
A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster. -- John Kasich
The Carrion Crow and Turkey-Buzzard possess great power of recollection, so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them, and even the horse on which he rides. -- John James Audubon
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. -- Euripides
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible. -- Nikola Tesla
How does your heart respond to the thought that the Universe is alive and compassionate and that with it and with other souls of great power and Light you learn through the process of co-creating the reality that you experience? -- Gary Zukav
I have found great power in taking my 'difference' out for a spin in a very public way. And usually, the worst, most personally embarrassing thing you imagine in your mind is often not anywhere near as bad in real life. -- Aimee Mullins
We've always known we'd eventually be called upon to open our shirts and save the day, and the superhero was a crude, hopeful attempt to talk about how we all might feel on that day of great power, and great responsibility. -- Grant Morrison
Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see. -- Dan Brown
The great powers have dominated the destiny of the Islamic countries for years and... installed the Zionist cancerous tumor in the heart of the Islamic world... Many of the problems facing the Muslim world are due to the existence of the Zionist regime. -- Ali Khamenei
Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change -- Richard G. Scott
We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance. -- Nhat Hanh
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind. -- Calvin Coolidge
I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn't even clear who they are. -- Susan Faludi
But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was to grow and prosper. -- John T. Flynn
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. -- Winston Churchill
I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. -- Thomas Huxley
Money is the great power today. Men sell their souls for it. Women sell their bodies for it. Others worship it. The money power has grown so great that the issue of all issues is whether the corporation shall rule this country or the country shall again rule the corporations. -- Joseph Pulitzer
As electricity is a great power in the world, so the inner mind is the greatest power available to you. Neither operates independently; both depend upon a separate agency to ignite them to action, and both bring helpful or harmful results according to the wisdom or ignorance with which they are directed. -- Roger McDonald
I've learned that being a superhero isn't all glitz and glamour. We think if we have a special power, our problem will go away. It's just a new set of problems. Being a superhero alienates you and separates you from humanity. As Spiderman famously said, 'With great power comes great responsibility.' -- Josh Keaton
The great power of separating the watching mind from the thinking mind is that the watching mind is innately loving. Some call this part of the psyche the 'compassionate witness.' Sharing our difficult feelings with a compassionate witness is the crucial step that heals the infinite small wounds inflicted upon the soul by everyday life. -- Martha Beck
We will not regard any great power as necessarily right in a given dispute unless we are convinced of this, yet at the same time we will not view the great powers with perennial suspicion merely on account of their size, their wealth, or their nuclear potential. We will be friends of all, satellites of none. -- Errol Barrow
The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, and we learn about Him in its pages. We know that it has great power. It has the power to change lives. It has the power to convert. If you read it with an open heart, you will know that it is the word of God and that it is true. -- Henry B. Eyring
Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and he's your new roommate.' You could see right away that this young man was a natural. He had those real big hands, great power and speed and would catch everything hit in his direction. He's the best center fielder that ever lived, no question. -- Monte Irvin
Power is the great aphrodisiac. -- Henry A. Kissinger
With great power comes great dissipation. -- Timothy Poston
Gracious blessings, power for great deeds. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
With great power comes great responsibilty. -- Stan Lee
Great is the power of steady misrepresentation -- Charles Darwin
Power is the great enemy of freedom -- Henry Wallich
The unsaid, for me, exerts great power... -- Louise GluÌ?ck
Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action -- Samuel Smiles
There is great power in goals and dreams. -- Cameron C. Taylor
The great mind knows the power of gentleness. -- Robert Browning
Great grace is the power of great thanks. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action. -- Samuel Smiles
Comedy is a great slayer of rogues in power. -- Michael Moore
Silence is a place of great power and healing. -- Rachel Naomi Remen
The power to investigate is a great public trust. -- Emanuel Celler
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. -- Allen Klein
Fear not, dear cousin. In madness there is great power -- Pen Densham
Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there. -- William Shirley
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power. -- Aeschylus
He is truly great in who hath power over himself. -- Charles Spurgeon
Love is the source of great power and great strength. -- Debasish Mridha
With Great power comes great need to take a nap -- Nico
Love is a great power, and such a strange power... -- Sergei Lukyanenko
I have been seized by the power of a great affection. -- Brennan Manning
You are backed by great power. Press onwards, you will succeed. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Recognise and reach out to the inherent great power within you. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. -- Martin Buber
It is within the power of every man to become great. -- Wallace D. Wattles
Power is a great aphrodisiac and I am a very powerful person -- Madonna Ciccone
You can do great and mighty things by the power of God. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness. -- Hope Solo
I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise. -- Mark Gatiss
The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind... -- Richard Whately
God extend His power of great mercy and forgiveness to all men. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
A CD of great music and drums that punch with power and energy. -- Vinny Appice
Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly. -- Radhanath Swami
For next to being a great poet is the power of understanding one. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. -- Honore de Balzac
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable. -- Albert Einstein
The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership. -- William O. Douglas
Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power. -- Paolo Bacigalupi
Pieta Brown is a great singer/songwriter who possesses major star power magnetism. -- Don Was
Every great quotation carries the power to shape the world like a river. -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Egypt has great potential because of the latent power of its human capital. -- Ahmed Zewail
A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it. -- Henry Latham Doherty
The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Discover the great ideas that lie inside you by discovering the power of sleep. -- Arianna Huffington
Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty. -- Louisa May Alcott
Gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history. -- Rick Riordan
Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power. -- Kate Morton
With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later. -- Rick Riordan
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. -- Meryl Streep
The grace of endurance is the great power of God at work within us. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
He's such a great threat because of his power and pace. (on Cristiano Ronaldo) -- Alex Ferguson
Architecture is supposed to complete nature. Great architecture makes nature more beautiful-it gives it power. -- Claudio Silvestrin
Lack of understanding is a great power. Sometimes it enables men to conquer the world. -- Anatole France
Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization. -- Linus Pauling
If Mozart had power tools, there's no telling how great his music might have been. -- Dave Barry
May God gives you power to accomplish all the great things you were destiny for. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile. -- Anita Diament
Because love is also a power. A great power, and it should not be disdained. -- Sergei Lukyanenko
Maybe the gift of any great person is the power to converse with our own hearts. -- Randall Wallace
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. -- Aristophanes
The spirit of God dwells in you. Recognize the great power and might of your divine-self. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I guess the internet and the power of people finding things out for themselves is great. -- Butch Walker
Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power. -- Benjamin Disraeli
Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others. -- John C. Maxwell
War is a need by a country that wants power, but the USA is already great -- Tim Clisch
The important thing isn't that your technically great, I think it's the power of your expression. -- John Dyer Baizley

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