Power Quotes

116 quotations about Power
The law always limits every power it gives.
David Hume · Power
I said to the almond tree, Friend, speak to me of God, and the almond tree blossomed.
Nikos Kazantzakis · Power
The secret to all power is to only do that which all would willingly do.
Kinkel · Power
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Henry Kissinger · Power
You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
J. Martin Kohe · Power
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln · Power
Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
Harold Macmillan · Power
Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.
Malcolm X · Power
Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
Horace Mann · Power
Power gravitates to the man who knows how.
Orison Swett Marden · Power
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it.
H. L. Mencken · Power
Let them hate, so long as they fear.
Accius · Power
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton · Power
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Abigail Adams · Power
A friend in power is a friend lost.
Henry Brooks Adams · Power
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
John Adams · Power
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
Aeschylus · Power
The price of power is responsibility for the public good.
Withrop Aldrich · Power
Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
Saul Alinsky · Power
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.
Henri Frederic Amiel · Power
Power tires only those who do not have it.
Giulio Andreotti · Power
Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world.
Archimedes · Power
A word after a word after a word is power.
Margaret Atwood · Power
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Honore De Balzac · Power
Where does virgin wool come from? The sheep that runs the fastest.
Harry F. Banks · Power

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