Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"I have had to deal with more millionaires than poor men, and found the latter easier to manage."
J.P. Morgan
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"A good name is worth more than all the riches in the world."
J.P. Morgan
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"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right."
Henry Ford
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"The man who has the most power is the man who has thought the most."
Henry Ford
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"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Henry Ford
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"The public be damned! I am working for my stockholders."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Keep royalties and the throne too, I'll have the gold and steel too."
Andrew Carnegie
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"I believe in the power of intention."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Power lies in attention, not dominance."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"Power corrupts only those who seek it."
Pierre Schaeffer
C
"The public be damned; I am working for my stockholders."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C
"Never show weakness in negotiation; it will be exploited."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C
"The masses are moved by what they see, not what is true."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C
"The wealth of nations flows through the enterprising few."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"No great fortune has ever come into existence without bringing responsibility with it."
J.P. Morgan
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"Power in music comes from intention, not volume."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Power without vision becomes destructive."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the press."
Henry Ford
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"The power of observation is the power of transformation."
Pierre Schaeffer
"Power in music comes from precision and clarity of intention."
Pierre Boulez
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"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is entitled."
Andrew Carnegie
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"The tycoon is but a primitive tribesman writ large."
Andrew Carnegie
A
"The public be damned."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Capital is nothing without the will to deploy it wisely."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"The man who cannot make decisions is not fit to lead."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C
"The accumulation of power requires the relinquishment of sentiment."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C
"The man who can influence public opinion can influence the market."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
K
"Power comes not from force but from understanding harmonic relationships."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"The power to create is the power to shape consciousness itself."
Karlheinz Stockhausen