Power Quotes

"The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good."

"Ambition is a powerful passion"

"The regard which the great man naturally conceives for his own rank and dignity is the source of the respect which he demands from others."

"Power without understanding is tyranny; understanding without power is futile."

"Power rightly understood is the capacity to be what one truly is."

"Passive emotions diminish the power of our actions."

"The more we are affected by external things, the less free we are."

"A man who is determined by external causes is without power."

"Covenants, without the sword, are but words."

"Competition of riches, honour, command, or other power inclines to contention, enmity, and war."

"Desire of power is a perpetual and restless desire."

"The power to do harm is the power of the sovereign."

"Eloquence is power over men's minds."

"He who has power over the sword has power over the law."

"Pride goeth before the fall of empires."

"Power without principle is tyranny."

"Power is given to those who serve others."

"The dread and fear of punishments is the motive which holds men in obedience."

"The object of power is power; men desire it for its own sake."

"The power of thought is the greatest power known to man."

"Power without responsibility is tyranny."

"No hay poder tan grande como el del pueblo unido bajo la ley."

"The pursuit of power without wisdom is the most destructive of all human endeavors."

"Power that is not tempered by wisdom and compassion inevitably leads to tyranny."

"In unity lies the power to overturn empires."

"Insofar as the mind understands all things as necessary, it has a kind of power over the affects."

"The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, is the source of the corruption of our moral sentiments."

"The desire of being believed, the desire of persuading, of leading and directing other people, seems to be one of the strongest of all our natural desires."

"Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all."

"The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall."