Power Quotes

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it
Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know He is.
Jean Anouilh

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
Blaise Pascal

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

It is not power that corrupts but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Desire creates the power.
Raymond Hollingwell

Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
Baltasar Gracian

Unused power slips imperceptibly into the hands of another.
Konrad Heiden

The big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting.
Christopher Morley

Power is always right, weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic.
Noah Webster

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

Power only tires those who don’t exercise it.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
Johann Wolfgang

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Leon Trotsky

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Tao Te Ching

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton

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

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
William Pitt

The pen is mightier than the sword.
Bulwer-Lytton

He who has great power should use it lightly.
Seneca

The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchil

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
Alvin Toffler

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
James Madison

Let him who would move the world, first move himself.
Socrates

I do like to empower women to be comfortable with their bodies, their sexuality.
Christina Aguilera

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
Buddha

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.
Malcolm Muggeridge

Our voice is our most creative and musical instrument. It has great power to touch our lives and the lives of others.
Ted Andrews

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
Audre Lorde

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.
Malcolm Muggeridge

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.
Elizabeth Dole

You see what power is – holding someone else’s fear in your hand and showing it to them!
Amy Tan

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Jim Morrison

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
Gloria Steinem

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.
Eric Hoffer

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
Norman Vincent Peale

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
Thomas Jefferson

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
Stephen Vincent Benet