All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.
No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.
I am optimistic because I will use power of love to find the miracles of life.
Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place.
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.
No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.
Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act.
I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and I wanted to be a part of that.
The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.
American power remains today what it was in the Second World War and the Cold War: the greatest force for freedom in the world.
The principle of academic freedom is designed to make sure that powers outside the university, including government and corporations, are not able to control the curriculum or intervene in extra-mural speech.
Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating.
Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as manifest and welcome.
It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men.
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
The human family is at a critical juncture. The world is moving through a great transition. This transition is economic, as the digital revolution advances and as new powers and groups emerge.
