Powerful Quotes

Small: Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other hap
Seneca the Younger
"Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
Small: No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline
Seneca the Younger
"No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
Small: Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
Small: The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the te
Lyndon B. Johnson
"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the pow
Sigmund Freud
"The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of
Kahlil Gibran
"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever"
Kahlil Gibran, Poet
Small: Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you arent
Margaret Thatcher
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't"
Margaret Thatcher, Leader
Small: Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet
Small: Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit
Ovid
"Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit"
Ovid, Poet
Small: Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast in the pool where you least expect it, there will be f
Ovid
"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish"
Ovid, Poet
Small: Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes
"Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes"
Mason Cooley, Writer
Small: The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful
"The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of
"Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish pu
Andrew Jackson
"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes"
Andrew Jackson, President
Small: Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in
John Ruskin
"Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand"
John Ruskin, Writer
Small: No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish
John Ruskin
"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish"
John Ruskin, Writer
Small: When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as sur
Ken Kesey
"When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it"
Ken Kesey, Author
Small: The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested
Rush Limbaugh
"The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope"
Rush Limbaugh, Entertainer
Small: We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including g
Wangari Maathai
"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible"
Wangari Maathai, Activist
Small: I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful
Mike Tyson
"I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful"
Mike Tyson, Athlete
Small: If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerf
George Washington
"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War"
George Washington, President
Small: Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented
Leo Rosten
"Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented"
Leo Rosten, Novelist
Small: We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves
Leo Buscaglia
"We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves"
Leo Buscaglia, Author
Small: Its not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because
"It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you"
Tyler Perry, Actor
Small: Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the histor
"Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion"
Timothy Garton Ash, Author
Small: Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had becom
"Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Ive said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. Ive read the Gospe
"I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book"
Michael W. Smith, Musician
Small: Some of the most powerful times are when were quiet
"Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet"
Michael W. Smith, Musician
Small: We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature
Edmund Burke
"We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature"
Edmund Burke, Statesman
Small: Any powerful technology can be abused
K. Eric Drexler
"Any powerful technology can be abused"
K. Eric Drexler, Scientist
Small: Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. Were trying to show how peop
"Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented"
Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist
Small: Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an i
David Hume
"Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence"
David Hume, Philosopher
Small: Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound
Mignon McLaughlin
"Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want"
Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist
Small: The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist
Small: Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their
Sallust
"Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits"
Sallust, Historian
Small: I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed
Grover Cleveland
"I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid"
Grover Cleveland, President
Small: I didnt go to the right schools, didnt come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a p
Matt Drudge
"I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty"
Matt Drudge, Journalist
Small: That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am
"That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner"
Douglas Wood, Writer
Small: Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness
"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness"
H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author
Small: There is little more powerful than when truth joins action
Bryant H. McGill
"There is little more powerful than when truth joins action"
Bryant H. McGill, Author