Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives. Tony Robbins
True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents. John W. Gardner
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted. C. S. Lewis
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourke
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. Tony Robbins
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Edgar Allan Poe
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. James Madison
What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. C. S. Lewis
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. Clint Eastwood
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. Thomas Paine
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? Khalil Gibran
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. Oprah Winfrey
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. Aristotle
It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either. Wayne Dyer
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life. John F. Kennedy
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. Ronald Reagan
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last. John F. Kennedy