“Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless.”— Ellen Hopkins Related Quotes “Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”– Muhammad Ali “The worship of power is an old religion.”— George Santayana “You may be a lady but you are still the man!”— Lynda Barry