Power Quotes
Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character.James Bridie
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.Robert Frost
Courage consists of the power of self - Recovery.Julie Arabi
As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you speak.Toni Morrison, American writer (1931 -)
The true beauty of nature is her amplitude she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten much as we can easily destroy our puny selves.Stephen Jay Gould
Dedication and responsibility, Far beyond the laws governed by man, Releases the power within you, To attain all the wisdom of the universe.Christine Lane
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.Francis Thompson
The moment that any of us begins to trade principle for approval we give up our power.Dennis Kucinich
What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.A. Bartlett Giamatti, President of Yale University
Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.Mao Tse Tung
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.Norman Vincent Peale
The world itself is the will to power - And nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - And nothing else!Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Will to Power".
Who is wise He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful He that governs his passions. Who is rich He who is content. Who is that Nobody.Benjamin Franklin
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace.Jimi Hendrix
Lust of power burns more fiercely than all the passions combined.Blessing Irish
The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the main themes of our existence sex, death, power, money, love, hate, disease and panic. No American phenomenon has been so compelling since the Vietnam War.Edmund White
Hear me, four quarters of the world - A relative I am Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.Black Elk
A student is not a professional athlete. ... He is not a little politician or junior senator looking for angles... an amateur promoter, a glad - Hander, embryo Rotarian, caf - Society leader, quiz kid or man about town. A student is a person who is learning to fulfill his powers and to find ways of using them in the service of mankind.Harold Taylo
American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralise every intellectual element, however tough and alien it may be, and to fuse it in the native good - will, complacency thoughtlessness, and optimism.James Harvey Robinson
Three things are necessary to make every man great, every nation great1. Conviction of the powers of goodness. 2. Absence of jealousy and suspicion. 3. Helping all who are trying to be and do good.Swami Vivekananda
The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.Robert Noyce, Article, interview in a magazine
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.George Herbert Walker Bush
The power of the mind is an incredible thing, one that can never be underestimated.Mia Hamm
Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.Martha Beck, O Magazine, February 2003
Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
Strength, courage and power do not exclude kindness, understanding and consideration. You can be strong and kind; you can be courageous and understanding; you can be powerful and considerate.Linda R. Dominguez, How to Shine at Work, (McGraw - Hill)
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.Lord Acton, 1887
He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.Salvador De Madriaga
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781 - 82
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.Jacob Chanowski
Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion by maintained by it.Germaine Gree
To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.Jane Fonda
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.Johann von Goethe
America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused? preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.George W. Bush, speech, November 19, 1999
Self - Reverence, self knowledge, self - Control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power.Lord Tennyson
