You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence. ~ Turkish Proverbs
Where power reigns there is no room for reason. ~ French Proverbs
When you strike at a king, you must kill him. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix
When a king is about to lose his power his orders burn more intensely than fire. ~ Tibetan Proverbs
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world – or to make it the last. ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Use power to curb power. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Under a powerful general there are no feeble soldiers. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
Three are powerful: the Pope, the king, and the man who has nothing. ~ Italian Proverbs
There is no knowledge that is not power. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it. ~ Winston Churchill Quotes
The word of a powerful man is the truth. ~ Bambara Proverbs
The steps of power are often steps on sand. ~ Edward Counsel
The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are. ~ Ludwig Borne
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking…the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
The powerful are never faithful. ~ Chinese Proverbs
The power of the crocodile is in the water. ~ Bantu Proverbs
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. ~ Winston Churchill Quotes
The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding. ~ Nicholas Black Elk
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. ~ Eric Hoffer
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. ~ Alice Walker
The lion’s power lies in our fear of him. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it. ~ Chinese Proverbs
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ~ Edmund Burke
The barking dog gives you no power — it gives you fear. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
Power over a man’s subsistence amounts to power over his will. ~ Alexander Hamilton
Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don’t. ~ Oskar Shindler
Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. ~ Saul Alinsky
Power is not alluring to pure minds. ~ Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Power gradually extirpates for the mind every humane and gentle virtue. ~ Edmund Burke
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. ~ George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. ~ Latin Proverbs
Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. ~ Chuck Palahniuk
Never give a sword to a fool or power to an unjust man. ~ Greek Proverbs
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ~ Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others. ~ Hans J. Morgenthau
Man has responsibility, not power. ~ Tuscarora Proverbs
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. ~ Epictetus
Longer in your power – he’s free again. ~ Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Knowledge is power. ~ Francis Bacon
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. ~ Blaise Pascal
In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. ~ Leo Tolstoy Quotes
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. ~ Peace Pilgrim
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverbs
If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven. ~ Chinese Proverbs
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be. ~ Thomas Jefferson Quotes
I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
He, who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who fears something gives it power over him. ~ Moorish Proverbs
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. ~ Lao Tzu
He is most powerful who has power over himself. ~ Seneca
Go with the powerful and people will kneel before you. ~ Palestinian Proverbs
Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power. ~ German Proverbs
Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~ Latin Proverbs
Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better. ~ Author Unknown
Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don’t insult them. ~ Japanese Proverbs
But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. ~ James Baldwin
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power – the freedom to choose. ~ Stephen R. Covey
Beauty is power. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Anyone can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way – that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy. ~ Aristotle Quotes
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
A powerful friend becomes a powerful enemy. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
