Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"To live is to choose, and to choose is to take responsibility."Kate Chopin
"The strong shall prosper; the weak shall perish."Jack London
"Power never takes a step back only in the face of more power."Upton Sinclair
"Power without compassion becomes tyranny."Sherwood Anderson
"Power shows who we truly are when no one is watching."Sherwood Anderson
"Power corrupts most those who believe they deserve it."Sherwood Anderson
"Power is given to those who are willing to take it."Gertrude Stein
"The power to change society rests in the hands of ordinary people who refuse to accept injustice."Upton Sinclair
"Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is helplessness."Booth Tarkington
"Power used without restraint becomes its own destruction."Booth Tarkington
"Power comes from within."Robert Frost
"Power corrupts, but responsibility ennobles."Sherwood Anderson
"What matters is that one possesses the power to make changes."Ezra Pound
"Power over others fades; power over oneself endures forever."Booth Tarkington
"The power to change the world rests in the hands of those willing to sacrifice."Upton Sinclair
"Power without wisdom is dangerous."Robert Frost
"Back of the big newspaper is often a man who runs the whole thing."Carl Sandburg
"Chicago, city of the big shoulders."Carl Sandburg
"We have to talk about power, about who has it and who doesn't."Toni Cade Bambara
"Power shared is power multiplied."Toni Cade Bambara
"Power without responsibility is the prerogative of the harlot."T.S. Eliot
"A single man's gesture can echo through eternity."Ezra Pound
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."Alice Walker
"Words have power; use them to build, not destroy."Toni Cade Bambara
"We inherit struggles; we can transform them into strength."Toni Cade Bambara
"The power of the people is greater than the people are aware."Carl Sandburg
"I am the author and the only authority on it."Gertrude Stein
"The pen is a formidable weapon, but not when used with weakness."Ezra Pound
"The greatest power is the power over oneself."Ezra Pound
"We are the architects of the world we inhabit."Toni Cade Bambara