Powerful Quotes

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: There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from
"There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion"
Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher
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: Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranq
William Wordsworth
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility"
William Wordsworth, Poet
Small: In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my countrys fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh grea
"In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!"
Ivan Turgenev, Novelist
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: 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: 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: Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerf
"Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us?"
Augustus Hare, Writer
Small: When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less imp
Audre Lorde
"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid"
Audre Lorde, Poet
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: It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually fa
Pamela Stephenson
"It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing"
Pamela Stephenson, Actress
Small: The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for whic
"The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit"
Theodor Adorno, Philosopher
Small: A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing th
"A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science"
Charles Babbage, Mathematician
Small: To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conques
"To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
Small: A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it
"A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it"
Marcel Proust, Author
Small: The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it
"The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it"
William F. Buckley, Jr., Journalist
Small: The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest an
"The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
Small: You are the most powerful cultural force in the world
"You are the most powerful cultural force in the world"
William J. Clinton, President
Small: Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction tha
"Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is"
Rebecca West, Author
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: God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You kn
"God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered"
John Cleese, Actor
Small: In this world no one rules by love if you are but amiable, you are no hero to be powerful, you must be strong,
"In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing"
John Henry Newman, Clergyman
Small: The medias the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the
Malcolm X
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses"
Malcolm X, Activist
Small: Well the basic thesis is that theres a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that -
"Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence
George Whitefield
"O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you"
George Whitefield, Clergyman
Small: One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individua
"One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so"
Christine Gregoire, Politician
Small: Ive been a rock star since you were very young. But Ive never encountered anything as powerful as cancer
"I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer"
Melissa Etheridge, Musician
Small: There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen aga
"There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon"
Stanislav Grof, Psychologist
Small: Our main reasons for fearing males having sex with males is that you really had to construct a more powerful s
"Our main reasons for fearing males having sex with males is that you really had to construct a more powerful social role to keep men in their place than you did to keep women in their place"
Warren Farrell, Writer
Small: I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe
"I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe"
Loretta Young, Actress
Small: The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of
Lester B. Pearson
"The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states"
Lester B. Pearson, Politician
Small: The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire"
Ferdinand Foch, Soldier
Small: There was nothing in all Douglass powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while
"There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end"
Henry Villard, Journalist
Small: There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange
"There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange"
Daniel Webster, Statesman
Small: It is a process of diverting ones scattered forces into one powerful channel
"It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel"
James Allen, Author
Small: No, Im not interested in developing a powerful brain. All Im after is just a mediocre brain, something like th
Alan Turing
"No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company"
Alan Turing, Mathematician
Small: She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of charact
"She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners"
Louisa May Alcott, Novelist