#power

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#force #human #inertia #political #powerful

Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#america #approach #badly #degree #dependent

Imagine you are walking along, and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life. ↗

— Chad Michael Murray

#around #because #care #diamond #everything

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence. ↗

— William Henry Moody

#eloquence #power #rare

And I think we as a people need to stop being disingenuous about what the Constitution provides for. It does not provide for this all-encompassing power that we've seen exercised over the last several decades. It's what's gotten us into this bankrupt position. ↗

— Joe Miller

#bankrupt #being #constitution #decades #disingenuous

With us air people, the future of our nation is indissolubly bound up in the development of air power. ↗

— Billy Mitchell

#bound #development #future #indissolubly #nation

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#anything #being #being yourself #get #into

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree. ↗

— Phaedrus

#disagree #humble #power #those

The nation voted us to power to see unity and communal harmony, not for any division or communality. ↗

— Khaleda Zia

#communal #division #harmony #nation #power

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ↗

— Joseph Prince

#destroys #forgiven #knowing #life #power