Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"Power without conscience is tyranny."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"Power is most dangerous when unquestioned."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"A woman's greatest power lies in her ability to love."Fannie Hurst
"Power corrupts only when divorced from responsibility."Marianne Moore
"Power is the ability to choose what matters."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Power is the ability to choose your own destiny."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"The home is not a woman's world, the world is a woman's world."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Power used without wisdom becomes tyranny."Amy Lowell
"Power without love is oppression; love without power is sentimentality."Amy Lowell
"The power of a woman lies in her ability to choose her own destiny."Fannie Hurst
"To speak of war when there is no war is to create a kind of war."Wallace Stevens
"Power comes from understanding one's own worth and value."Kate Chopin
"Power without compassion is tyranny."Kate Chopin
"A woman's anger, when finally expressed, can reshape worlds."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"A woman's voice, once found, can never be entirely silenced again."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"The most powerful thing in the world is an idea."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"I have always believed that the future is in my hands."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"The present moment is where all power resides."Fannie Hurst
"Power corrupts when divorced from compassion."Fannie Hurst
"Power without compassion is merely tyranny."Amy Lowell
"Power is amplified when shared rather than hoarded."Amy Lowell
"The power of a single word can heal or wound a soul."O. Henry
"The ultimate power lies in the ability to choose."Jack London
"The price of power is sacrifice."Jack London
"The power to change one's life often lies dormant within oneself."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"The essence of an aristocracy is the power to protect its members from the laws which bind the common people."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"What does the future hold? Nothing but what we make it hold."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"What do women want? We want the world, and we want it now."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"The power to create is the power to destroy."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Power corrupts those who do not use it in service of others."Kate Chopin