Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

"Where love rules, there is no will to power; where power rules, there is no love."
Gerolamo Cardano
F
"Power itself is desirable and sought after."
Francis Bacon
F
"Knowledge and power are one and the same."
Francis Bacon
F
"Power without responsibility is tyranny."
Francesco Petrarch
F
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Francesco Petrarch
"Power without wisdom leads to tyranny and destruction."
Juan Luis Vives
M
"The power to change the world begins with the power to change ourselves."
Matteo Ricci
M
"The power of one person who knows their purpose exceeds the power of many who do not."
Matteo Ricci
C
"The truly powerful woman needs no crown; her dignity is her own."
Christine de Pizan
C
"A woman's influence, though often unacknowledged, shapes the course of history."
Christine de Pizan
N
"The power to solve problems lies dormant in every human mind, awaiting cultivation."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
N
"The greatest power is the power to change one's own mind through understanding."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
N
"To understand is to possess a power that no force can remove."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
B
"The tongue is a small thing, yet it can set the world aflame."
Baltasar Gracián
B
"True power lies not in dominating others, but in mastering oneself."
Baltasar Gracián
"Power without restraint is not power but tyranny wearing a crown."
Gerolamo Cardano
F
"Knowledge itself is power, but the application of that knowledge is true power."
Francis Bacon
F
"The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall."
Francis Bacon
F
"The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the unfortunate."
Francis Bacon
N
"Power without wisdom is destruction without purpose."
Niccolò Copernicus
J
"Through letters arranged in order, we can rearrange the order of the world itself."
Johannes Gutenberg
J
"The printed page is more powerful than any army."
Johannes Gutenberg
R
"Power without compassion is tyranny."
Raphael Sanzio
R
"Power is responsibility."
Raphael Sanzio
G
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."
Giordano Bruno
G
"Power given freely is greatest."
Giordano Bruno
"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
Thomas More
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Thomas More
B
"The man who controls his tongue controls his destiny."
Baltasar Gracián
B
"What we do in moments of power defines our character."
Baltasar Gracián