Famous quotes containing the word power:
“The angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 1:35.
“The tendency of things runs steadily to this point, namely, to put every man on his merits, and to give him so much power as he naturally exerts,no more, no less.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Compared to other parents, remarried parents seem more desirous of their childs approval, more alert to the childs emotional state, and more sensitive in their parent-child relations. Perhaps this is the result of heightened empathy for the childs suffering, perhaps it is a guilt reaction; in either case, it gives the child a potent weaponthe power to disrupt the new household and come between parent and the new spouse.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)