Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"Power lies not in physical capability, but in the refusal to surrender your spirit."Christy Brown
"Power without conscience is tyranny."Sean O'Casey
"Power is greatest when used to lift others."Sean O'Casey
"Power without compassion is tyranny."Frank O'Connor
"The mind is far more powerful than the body."Christy Brown
"The world underestimated me, and I made them regret it."Christy Brown
"Real power lies not in controlling others but in understanding ourselves."Seán Ó Faoláin
"Power is the ability to change the narrative of your own life."Douglas Coupland
"Power without responsibility is just tyranny with a smile."Douglas Coupland
"The world belongs to those who claim it."Brendan Behan
"Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything except human."Margaret Atwood
"Every society has its own way of dividing what's power and what isn't."Margaret Atwood
"Power is the ability to do things."Margaret Atwood
"Power comes to those who have earned it through hard work and integrity."Robertson Davies
"Power without compassion is merely tyranny with a smile."Seán Ó Faoláin
"Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely."Frank O'Connor
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."Frank O'Connor
"Power is not something to be taken, but understood."Joyce Carol Oates
"Power without compassion is tyranny."Joyce Carol Oates
"Power without love is tyranny; love without power is sentimentality."Sean O'Casey
"True power lies in lifting others up, not in pushing them down."Sean O'Casey
"Power corrupts not because it's evil, but because it enables."Douglas Coupland
"Power is the ability to influence outcomes without force."Douglas Coupland
"A word after a word after a word is power."Margaret Atwood
"Power is not what you think it is."Margaret Atwood
"Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely."Brendan Behan
"The test of a man is what he does with power."Robertson Davies
"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse."Robertson Davies
"Power corrupts only those who believe they deserve it."Joyce Carol Oates
"Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power."Carson McCullers