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He who has great power should use it lightly.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca on power

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca on power

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca on power

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca on power

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
Louisa May Alcott on power

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
Sydney J. Harris on power

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Napoleon Bonaparte on power

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.
Hubert H. Humphrey on power

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
James Allen on power

Beauty is power a smile is its sword.
John Ray on power

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
John Adams on power

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
Ken Blanchard on power

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
Og Mandino on power

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
Joseph Stalin on power

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.
Vinoba Bhave on power

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
Gilbert K. Chesterton on power

Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.
Hillary Clinton on power

I believe in delegating power.
Hillary Clinton on power

There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world.
Hillary Clinton on power

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