Powers Quotations | Page 2

The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

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.

Let us do whatever is required to qualify for the Holy Ghost as our companion and then let us go forward fearlessly so that we will be given the powers to do whatever the Lord calls us to do.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not.

No additional requirements are imposed on landowners and this board is not given any powers or authority other than to decide which projects meet the specified criteria.

I would say both are very challenging but the 100m is a bit different, it's the most technical. I think the 100m is up for grabs. It's going to come down to whoever needs it the most and whoever gets that blast and powers through the line. It should be very exciting.

I wouldn't have accepted if I didn't have the powers I need. If teams don't comply, they're going against the common good, and if they don't, why won't they?

When the internal crisis of the totalitarian system grows so deep that it becomes clear to everyone, and when more and more people learn to speak their own language and reject the hollow, mendacious language of the powers that be, it means that freedom is remarkably close, if not directly within reach,

When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

On issues involving the War on Terrorism, there is a lot of reason to believe Gonzales will be more conservative than Rehnquist. He is more likely to confer broad powers to the executive branch,

My fantasy life was very full. Certainly when I was a kid, I probably wanted to be an actor because I wanted to be a princess, or something magical, and get to dress up magically, and have the kind of life that I hadn't been born into, with magic powers or whatever, and live this wonderful idealised life.

No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him

Next week's market is going to be big for tech companies. As long as the Nasdaq powers ahead, we're going to see more and more filings.

No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives.

No president that I can find in the history of our country has really ever adopted a policy of expanding presidential powers for the sake of expanding presidential powers. And I think that's what we have going on.

Richard Powers brings over 12 years of teaching and administrative experience at the University of Toronto to his new position, as well as a wealth of experience in the not-for-profit sector. I look forward to working with Richard to ensure that our MBA programs continue to grow and prosper.

Never in history have we seen an example of nations voluntarily deciding to exercise their sovereign powers jointly in the exclusive interest of their peoples, thus overcoming age-old impulses of rivalry and distrust,

Revenue departments have many, many more sweeping powers than any other agency or private collections firm would have under fair debt collection laws. So now what you'll have is revenue agents who are used to using those broad powers going after people who owe court fines or student loans. Some people might think this is great, but if you start unleashing the power of the government on those people, they might actually begin to chafe at such practices. I don't think it's a good idea.

I have empathy for these kids because I've been in their shoes. I heard all the comments at school, and I was the guy who was ignored on offense during the game, didn't get the ball as often as smaller players, and was criticized the most. We've drawn on that life experience to design a program that helps our big athletes be more confident, accountable and aware of their big bodies and the powers they hold within.

I have-I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that.

Many of the previous powers the City Council enjoyed are now largely irrelevant under the current conditions.

Love, that outreaches to the humblest things;Work that is glad, in what it does and brings;And faith that soars upon unwearied wings.Divine the Powers that on this trio wait.Supreme their conquest, over Time and Fate.Love, Work, and Faith -- these three alone are great.

When we run our tosses and our powers and our heavy run game, he's got to block somebody. He needs it. In the long run, it'll be the best thing that's happened to him.

Legislation in itself will not end the dispute, but it is prudent to take these powers to use if necessary to help reach an agreement.

Mr. Harper said several times that he did not want to centralize, that he wanted to respect the powers of the provinces.

SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates abroad on CIA lines, but with a tiny percentage of the budget and a tiny percentage of the personnel.

Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them is dismantling about 2,000 nuclear warheads a year.

My joy knows no bounds, ... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.

Since this is constitutional it does not impinge on the powers of Congress. Congress, however, must observe its own rules in the power of inquiry in aid of legislation while the rights of the witnesses should be respected.

Many of Britain's towns and cities are falling victim to drunk and disorderly behavior at the weekend. We believe that these ads will reinforce the message that the police now have increased powers to deal with this sort of anti-social behavior.

Sen. Specter's position is that Congress is creating the interest in ensuring that its powers are respected, which is injured when the court's rule against them, ... And so given that interest and injury, his argument is they have standing to intervene.

Simply put, we have to take charge and take responsibility and support what's in the marketplace. Because, quiet as it's kept, the powers that be are cognizant of what our spending dollar means. And it is kept a little quiet, and we have to become aware of what we mean in the marketplace and take advantage of it.

Shooting a film is like a kismet quest. You have thirty days and you need magic to happen. So that's why I wear suits. I'm praying to the gods, and I'm doing everything I can to respect the powers of the world.

I have mixed feelings about 'Car 54, Where Are You?' Because we shot it as a musical and whoever the studio head was at Orion, or whoever the powers that be were, cut all but, like, two musical numbers out of it. That is the same as cutting the musical numbers out of 'The Wizard Of Oz'; it wouldn't be that interesting.

I have made it a practice since before I was elected to come into the station on a daily or nightly basis and I always check on the prisoners in the cell area to make sure everything's okay. I have not been able to do that because the powers that be are trying to restrict me from doing that. When things like this happen I have a major problem with that,

Harper said several times that he did not want to centralize, that he wanted to respect the powers of the provinces.

He knows very well the kind of claims he makes have political implications. He intends for them to have political implications. He wants to influence public policy in numerous places in the world and hopefully sway the powers that be to his side, especially on so-called social issues.

I can invent my own creatures and give them their own powers

I believe that it is entirely proper for the police service to make the case for any new powers they feel are necessary to protect the nation.

Certain kinds of legal reforms are seen as excessively limiting the powers of government officials or the party. There are obstacles from tradition and history.

China has existed within very roughly its present borders for over two millennia and for virtually the whole of that period saw itself as a 'civilisation state.' It was only when it was too weak to resist the western powers in the early 20th century that it finally acquiesced in an arrangement that was alien to it.

China wants to have strong backing at the United Nations, especially when taking a position against the western powers that have used their muscle for years to secure the support from the developing world.

Basically it's a shame for the powers to be not recognizing the job he did there. I wish someone there was strong enough to step up to the outside influences. What do they really want there?" ()

Hardest of all for Europeans to negotiate are traditional African religions, whose transactions with unseen powers are central to the running of life in many areas, the main weapon in the struggle against the forces of evil.

What you see in that document is the traditional powers exercised by the president at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

I live out of my van, which gives me a first-hand appreciation for power and lighting. A few years ago, I rebuilt the interior of my van to include solar panels and a battery that powers LEDs for lighting and allows me to charge my phone and laptop.

We made this change to obtain more competitive rates for the electricity that powers our three manufacturing facilities in the state. We do continue to pay Public Service for transportation.

We look forward to signing it sometime next week. As with any appropriations bill, the governor will use his powers to make some modifications and adjustments, but they won't affect the main purpose of the bill.

If the government flatly and consistently refuses to provide figures, it means only one thing - it's been abusing the powers so flagrantly it can't give you figures.

He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon, may chain him to slavish tasks. But he is still great . . . .

I'm also pleased that a man of the legal skills of Sen. Campbell (says) that I have executive powers that we're still studying to figure out if we have. That helps me determine whether or not we could move forward on our own,

His powers of concentration or determination to get the job done are just so phenomenal. It's on the level of Jack Nicklaus.

I feel that our powers as songwriters and co-partners in this venture that we call R.E.M. are as strong as they ever have been,

We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.

There is no alternative for the government than to postpone the so-called elections. We will not rest until the government stops election plans, and the king return the powers he took back to the people.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

Linux is now the fastest-growing software and powers eight of the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world.

That doesn't mean that I abandon my constitutional powers to appoint ministers and government members. No, I don't,

Reinforce the governor's emergency powers to set anything aside -- state and federal statute and regulation -- that stands in the way of quick recovery,

Organic life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and nurs'd in ocean's pearly caves; First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud, or pierce the watery mass; These, as successive generations bloom, New powers acquire and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin and feet and wing.

I will not give up on demanding proper accessible services for the people of this community and I am convinced this will be achieved if we collectively take this fight to the powers that be in the health authorities.

Just at it did when the Great Game was played out in the decades leading up to the First World War, ongoing industrialization is setting off a scramble for natural resources. The coming century could be marked by recurrent resource wars, as the great powers struggle for control of the world's hydrocarbons.

It is crucial that we recognize the important separation of powers principles that our democracy was founded on, ... There should always be a check on the executive branch's power, the president's power, to take away that most fundamental of liberty interests and that is the government's ability to detain a person, possibly indefinitely.

Just because a police chief or other public official doesn't like what is being said about them on an Internet bulletin board doesn't give them license to use official powers to threaten and intimidate critics or take steps to shut down the Web site. As the saying goes, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

It is important to state that the Zambian Constitution guarantees that the High Court of Zambia has unlimited and original jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal proceedings under any law and such jurisdiction and powers as has may be conferred by the constitution or any other law.

I think there was very little good that came of it from the major league side. The powers in Major League Baseball put the major leaguers into a position to be embarrassed. Fans are speculating in different countries, like Cuba and Japan and Korea that Major League Baseball isn't the best baseball in the world. I think it is, if the competition is fair.

Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Luke... Luke... do not... do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor or suffer your father's fate you will. Luke, when gone am I... the last of the Jedi will you be. Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke. There is... another... Sky... walker.

Responsible choice in a convivial setting controls the indeterminate powers of intelligence and sets the boundary conditions for their applications.

Our civilization...has not yet fully recovered from the shock of its birth - the transition from the tribal or 'closed society', with its submission to magical forces, to the 'open society' which sets free the critical powers of man.

Our government is based upon a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. The actions taken by the president undermine the very foundations of our country. We urge the relevant Congressional committees to investigate how the president abused his power as our chief executive. We applaud Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter for committing to hold oversight hearings. The American people deserve to know the truth.

It has become increasingly difficult ... for the very few big powers or blocs of big powers to monopolize international affairs and control the fate of other countries,

It is only the reverses of the Korean war that have made the Western powers realise that the Eastern nations can and do produce good soldiers.

It is only because of my own powers that I survived the attack at all,

It gives very wide powers to civil servants, thanks to deliberately vague phrasing.

I think we need to clean house and change the powers that be to get a better education system overall, ... I think we had a great superintendent, but he ran into too much opposition.

I think it can. The powers that be, IMG, the ATP, need to work together more coherently.

I think it is high time that a statement is made. The assault on our children must stop, something must be done, and we are calling on the powers that be to do something about it.

I think it's helped our league image dramatically. I'm just really disappointed that the powers to be in the BCS didn't really jump up there and put them against Auburn or something.

I think we got lucky when we picked up Powers in goal. He looks like a good one.

We need a panel of qualified experts that is knowledgeable and objective and has all the investigative and subpoena powers necessary,

I was mildly shocked they moved as quickly as they did. Like Tyrone, I think there are fine people at Notre Dame. But the situation got away from them, and the powers that be, who were in the background, saw winning as the most important thing, and that carried the day.

We were hoping that soccer stadium would have some athletics facilities and a track associated with it, but as I understand it, the powers that be don't want to have a track there. We were disappointed to see that.

The president has set a principle: No bank with an unsatisfactory CRA rating could take advantage of any of the powers granted by this deregulation,

Those kinds of powers and authorities have helped us, and the people deserve an opportunity to know about that,

Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is where do the powers lie? Is it in the best interests of Scotland?

WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

I would love to think that because of the Emmy, the powers that be might be a little bit more inclined to use the character in a more fulsome way.

I would like to be assured it had exhausted its powers before getting more.

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

Wherever the powers that be set these bars, we're going to meet and exceed them.

Unlike the other Muslim countries caught in the eye of the storm, Malaysia is free of the hegemonic consequences of big powers that are experienced by Afghanistan and Iraq for example.

well beyond the scope of the powers vested in the Great Council.

We are too interconnected to try to hold China at arm's length, hoping to promote other powers in Asia at its expense.

There are definitely powers working in the northeast at the moment who do not want peace.

There is a possibility that the number of offences will increase. That in itself could be a sign of success because more people are using the powers of the act.

We really haven't played a lot of teams outside of our area, so there is a bit of an unknown going in. There are several powers that are always good on the A level Bradley, Emerson, Guy Perkins and Kingston. We just want to go down there and play our best basketball.

We have a number of guys on this team that have been cut by other teams that really we picked up off the street, guys that weren't given a chance in other organizations to play, for whatever reason. The powers that be decided they didn't have the talent to play at this level, and these guys have come in and been starters for us.