Power Qoutes

• "Use power to curb power."
• "The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth."
• "Knowledge itself is power."
• "We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society."
• "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
• "Silence is the ultimate weapon of power."
• "Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility."
• "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."
• "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
• "The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself."
• "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."
• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
• "To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it."
• "Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper."
• "It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable."
• "Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."
• "An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
• "The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."
• "Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation."
• "I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, [and] receives new truth as an angel from Heaven."
• "What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."
• "What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know EXACTLY what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it."
• "No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power."
• "The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while."
• "Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual."
• "As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable."
• "We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."
• "A good intention clothes itself with power."
• "A man's wife has more power over him than the state has."
• "The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers."
• "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
• "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."
• "The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers."
• "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."
• "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
• "I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others."
• "When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat."
• "Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power."
• "Women have more strengths in their looks than we have in our laws, and more power in their tears than we have by our arguments."
• "He who has great power should use it lightly."
• "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
• "The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave,determined spirit."
• "The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."
• "The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government."