1,008 Quotes Regarding Power

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In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
A. J. P. Taylor

Every crisis offers you extra desired power.
William Moulton Marston

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Everett Dirksen

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.
Andrew Young

I believe in the power of weakness.
Pat Buckley

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.
George A. Smith

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
Sophie Swetchine

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
Carolyn Heilbrun

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.
Eric Sevareid

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
William Pitt

The way to have power is to take it.
Boss Tweed

The law has no power over heroes.
Charlotte Lennox

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho Marx

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
Aristotle

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Abraham Lincoln

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
Washington Irving