Power Quotes

"The strong survive because they understand weakness in others."

"Mercy is weakness; compassion is strategy."

"To be remembered, one must first be feared; then respected."

"The greatest weapon is not the sword, but the will to use it."

"True power resides not in what you command others to do, but in what you can accomplish alone."

"The Norman blood runs deep, and deeper still runs ambition."

"Authority without intellect is brute force; intellect without authority is helplessness."

"A throne is comfortable only to those who have earned it."

"I learned that true power lies in the loyalty of men, not the sharpness of swords."

"The greatest weapons are law, language, and the will of the people."

"The throne belongs to those strong enough to take it and wise enough to keep it."

"Men at some time are masters of their fates."

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies."

"The sword is the scepter of tyrants."

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

"A hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the most skillful. Subduing the enemy's army without battle is the most skillful."

"Strike like thunder."

"Reward and punishment are the sinews of power."

"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."

"One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or not at all."

"Ambition without principle is a fire that consumes all in its path."

"Power without accountability is tyranny dressed in fine clothes."

"The greatest power lies not in arms, but in the ability to inspire loyalty."

"The power to move mountains lies not in the muscles, but in the mind."

"The mind is more powerful than any weapon ever forged."

"Do not let others define your destiny; you alone hold that power."

"The pursuit of power without principle is the path to destruction."

"Power over others is temporary; power over oneself is eternal."

"You have power over your mind, not outside events."

"Choose not to be harmed and you won't be."