Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"Power without wisdom is like fire in the hands of a child."
Miguel de Unamuno
A
"Power corrupts most those who believe they deserve it."
Antonio Machado
G
"El poder verdadero está en servir a otros."
Garcilaso de la Vega
"Words have the power to wound or to heal."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"Power without love is violence."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"Power corrupts the mind more swiftly than it elevates the condition."
Luis de Góngora
"Power without wisdom is merely the capacity for greater harm."
Luis de Góngora
U
"The greatest power is the power to begin anew."
Ungaretti
U
"Power used without wisdom becomes tyranny."
Ungaretti
F
"The powerful fear not their enemies, but their own corruption."
Francisco de Quevedo
E
"Power over others is an illusion; the only real power is over oneself."
Eugenio Montale
G
"Power without wisdom breeds only destruction."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
G
"Power corrupts those who forget its origin."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
M
"To renounce the use of arms is to renounce power."
Miguel de Unamuno
G
"El poder verdadero yace en el conocimiento de uno mismo."
Garcilaso de la Vega
"The power to transform lies dormant within every human heart."
Salvatore Quasimodo
F
"The pen is the sword of the mind; words are the bullets."
Francisco de Quevedo
"Power without poetry is merely tyranny with better credentials."
Luis de Góngora
U
"Power without conscience is tyranny."
Ungaretti
U
"Power shows our true character most clearly."
Ungaretti
G
"The price of maintaining power is the loss of one's authentic self."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
E
"Power without humility becomes tyranny."
Eugenio Montale
M
"We are all writers of our own destiny."
Miguel de Unamuno
"Power without compassion is merely tyranny with a crown."
Salvatore Quasimodo
F
"Power without conscience is tyranny disguised as authority."
Francisco de Quevedo
"The pen is mightier because ideas are immortal."
Luis de Góngora
G
"The greatest power lies in serving others."
Garcilaso de la Vega
F
"True power lies in restraint"
Federigo Tozzi
F
"Power without wisdom is dangerous"
Federigo Tozzi
U
"Power without vulnerability is merely tyranny"
Ungaretti