Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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"The power to understand nature begins with the power to observe it."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature never asks our permission to operate according to its laws."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"The power to understand is the power to align oneself with nature's logic."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature's laws are more dependable than any human institution or tradition."
Bernardino Telesio
C
"The most dangerous man is not he who seeks power, but he who holds it gently."
Cosimo de Medici
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"True power lies in the ability to refrain from using it."
Edward Wotton
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"The power of words lies not in their sound, but in the intent behind them."
Paracelsus
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"Your thoughts create your reality; guard them as you would guard a precious jewel."
Paracelsus
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"The invisible forces that govern nature are also at work within you."
Paracelsus
C
"The path to power is paved with knowledge, not with swords."
Cosimo de Medici
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"Power without responsibility is tyranny."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"True power serves others."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"He who seeks power for himself seeks damnation for his soul."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"Despotism begins when the governed surrender their moral judgment to leaders."
Girolamo Savonarola
M
"Power without responsibility is tyranny; responsibility without power is servitude."
Matteo Ricci
M
"The greatest power is the power to transform yourself."
Matteo Ricci
B
"Our greatest power lies in our capacity to observe and reason independently."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Power without knowledge is tyranny; knowledge without power is impotent."
Bernardino Telesio
P
"What the mind can conceive and believe, the body can achieve."
Paracelsus
P
"The greatest power is not in commanding others, but in mastering oneself."
Paracelsus
P
"Every person carries within them the seed of extraordinary potential."
Paracelsus
P
"Power used without wisdom becomes tyranny and destroys itself."
Paracelsus
"True power comes from wisdom and virtue, not dominion."
Juan Luis Vives
"Power without virtue is tyranny."
Juan Luis Vives
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"The greatest power a woman possesses is her mind."
Christine de Pizan
C
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."
Christine de Pizan
C
"Power corrupts most; wisdom protects some."
Christine de Pizan
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"The power to understand is the power to control."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"Power gained through manipulation fades; power through knowledge endures."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
Francesco Petrarch