Power Quotes

"The right of the strongest is the most natural right of all."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"The greatest power is the power to inspire others."

"El hombre libre es maestro de su propio destino."

"Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it."

"Ambition when it is a ruling passion becomes a most destructive vice."

"I have learned that the greatest power is the power to change men's hearts and minds."

"The power of an idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by armies or empires."

"El poder verdadero reside en la moralidad, no en las armas."

"Reputation is power."

"The greater the power, the greater the responsibility to use it justly."

"The power to enforce is the power to rule."

"He whose body is capable of the greatest number of simultaneous actions is thereby capable of thinking the greatest number of thoughts simultaneously."

"Pride is self-esteem, an overestimate of our own power or excellence."

"The mind's power is determined entirely by ideas formed from the body."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"Power that comes from above is temporary; power that comes from within is eternal."

"Power over others is temporary; power within ourselves is eternal."

"The pursuit of power corrupts; the pursuit of principle ennobles."

"Power wielded justly is a tool; power wielded unjustly is a weapon of tyranny."

"The greatest power is the power to forgive."

"A people united by purpose is more formidable than any fortress built of stone."

"The oppressor's greatest fear is not rebellion, but the realization by the oppressed of their own power."

"To be Black and free is to rewrite the very definition of what is possible."

"The power to change the world begins with the power to change one's own mind."

"Those who wield power without principle will find their authority crumbles like sand."

"The most powerful weapon is not the gun, but the idea."

"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."

"The rich, in particular, are necessarily interested in supporting that order of things."

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