Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

"Power corrupts those who seek it for its own sake"
Dear Abby
"Power is best used in service to others"
Dear Abby
"The powerful Wu Wei is like bending a bow."
Lao Tzu
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"Power is not having what you want, but wanting what you have."
Ann Landers
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"True power is in your words, not your weapons."
Ann Landers
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"Feelings of inferiority rule the world, not from the effect of any real inferiority, but from the bad use which has been made of those feelings by those on top."
Alfred Adler
"Your limitations are only the ones you accept."
Dear Abby
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"Power is the ability to do good things for others."
Ann Landers
"The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire."
Lao Tzu
"Wear your importance lightly; then its weight becomes bearable."
Lao Tzu
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"When we understand that we choose our own attitudes, we gain true power."
Alfred Adler
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"We influence the world through our daily choices and interactions."
Alfred Adler
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"We cannot control others, only influence through our character."
Alfred Adler
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"The power to change lies entirely within us."
Alfred Adler
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"True power lies in humility."
Jimmy Breslin
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"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Jimmy Breslin
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"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Mike Royko
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"Power without responsibility is tyranny."
Mike Royko
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who masters himself is mighty."
Lao Tzu
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"Power belongs to those willing to speak for those who have no voice."
Jimmy Breslin
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"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
Mike Royko
"The greatest power lies in knowing when not to use it."
Lao Tzu
"True power lies in knowing when not to use it."
Dear Abby
"Power without compassion is tyranny."
Dear Abby
J
"Power corrupts those who forget where they came from."
Jimmy Breslin
J
"Power without responsibility is tyranny."
Jimmy Breslin
M
"The biggest con artists in the world wear three-piece suits and sit in corner offices."
Mike Royko
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"Power is the ability to make others do what you want them to do."
Russell Baker
"The softest thing in the world overcomes the hardest."
Lao Tzu
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"The powerful fear those who tell the truth."
Bill Moyers