Power Quotes
116 quotations about Power
I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.
What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?
The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. [Job 1:21]
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. [Proverbs 24:5]
Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.
Power is the by-product of understanding.
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
The greatest power is often simple patience.
All the power that we exercise over others depends on the power we exercise over ourselves.
Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the People.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
The creation of a thousand forest in one acorn.
The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.
Wherever there is power there is age.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.