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 corrupts not because of its nature, but because of human nature."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"Words have the power to build worlds or destroy them."
Padraig Colum
P
"Power without compassion is merely tyranny by another name."
Padraig Colum
S
"The power to change the world rests not in the hands of the powerful but in the hearts of ordinary people."
Saramago
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"Power without compassion becomes tyranny."
Luís de Camões
"Power without wisdom is tyranny"
Patrick Kavanagh
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"Power without wisdom is merely noise."
John Banville
J
"Power is the ability to define reality for others."
John Banville
J
"Power corrupts those who believe they deserve it."
José María de Eça de Queirós
A
"The colonized mind must decolonize itself through the act of creation."
Austin Clarke
A
"Power reveals itself not in dominance but in the ability to lift others up."
Austin Clarke
S
"Language is power and poetry is one of the most powerful uses of language."
Seamus Heaney
S
"The pen is a kind of sword."
Seamus Heaney
S
"Power without responsibility is tyranny."
Seamus Heaney
S
"Words have power beyond measure."
Seamus Heaney
P
"The power to change lies within each individual."
Padraig Colum
P
"Words have the power to build or destroy worlds."
Padraig Colum
P
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."
Padraig Colum
F
"Power is the ability to remain unmoved by the storms around you."
Fernando Pessoa
J
"Power resides in what remains unsaid."
John Banville
A
"Power without conscience is merely tyranny."
Austin Clarke
"Power without compassion is tyranny; compassion without power is ineffective."
Patrick Kavanagh
"Power over others is temporary; power over yourself is eternal."
Patrick Kavanagh
C
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Christy Brown
J
"Power corrupts not because it changes men, but because it reveals who they always were."
José María de Eça de Queirós
S
"Power is not given to you. You have to take it."
Seán Ó Faoláin
S
"Knowledge is power."
Seán Ó Faoláin
C
"Power is either used to uplift or to oppress; there is no neutral."
Christy Brown
S
"Language is power, and carefully and knowingly deployed, it can transform."
Seamus Heaney
S
"The work of art is a site of resistance to commodification."
Seamus Heaney