Quotes about Power

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it? It’s the next one. Always the next step.

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.

The past has no power over the present moment.

Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Knowledge of the body grants power over both life and death.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

The surest way to keep power is to be the least afraid of losing it.

Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.

The measure of power is how much you can help others.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

You can't help what you feel, but you can help how you behave.

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.

It's not the power you have, but how you use it.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

The greatest power is often simple patience.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Real power has to do with one's ability to influence the hearts and minds of others.

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

Power is not a means, it is an end.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

The pursuit of power often leads down dark paths.

Power can be a force for good or evil. It's all in how you use it.

Never underestimate the power of being underestimated.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

If you want to find out what a man is made of, give him power.

With great power comes great responsibility.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

Power is a sword; it is meant to be wielded.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

O! it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

I am the last and highest court of appeal in detection.

A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.

The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.

The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.