Power Quotes

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

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"Power corrupts most swiftly when wielded by those who believe themselves above judgment."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"The power of a woman lies in her ability to think for herself."
Edith Wharton
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"Power without conscience is tyranny."
Edith Wharton
"Every human being has within them the power to change the world."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"A woman's pen has power equal to any man's sword."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"A woman's power lies in her independence and her mind."
Louisa May Alcott
"Power without wisdom is dangerous; wisdom without power is incomplete."
Louisa May Alcott
"In any group of people assembled together, the right to the floor is what matters."
Willa Cather
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"I have made the immoral choice, which has made me incapable of making any choice at all."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"The tongue may be small, but it can accomplish great deeds or terrible misdeeds."
Washington Irving
"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision that you can do something, you can do it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Power without wisdom is tyranny wearing a crown."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Power that must be constantly asserted is power that is constantly threatened."
James Fenimore Cooper
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."
Willa Cather
"I have learned that true power lies in gentleness."
Louisa May Alcott
"When you strike at a king, you must kill him."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Power without wisdom is merely the ability to do harm more effectively."
James Fenimore Cooper
"The magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self-trust."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Men are made, not born; circumstances do not determine destiny, choices do."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Power without principle is tyranny; true power serves the greater good."
Washington Irving
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"Power rightly used elevates others; power wrongly used diminishes the wielder most of all."
Washington Irving
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"My Life had stood a Loaded Gun."
Emily Dickinson
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"Power without compassion is the definition of tyranny."
Edgar Allan Poe
"The lack of money is the root of all evil."
Mark Twain
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"The most subtle power is sometimes the plainest."
Herman Melville
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"The tongue is the most dangerous weapon."
Herman Melville
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"Every man is an empire unto himself."
Herman Melville
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"There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked that you had better be careful about it."
Herman Melville
"The power of conviction can move mountains that mere strength cannot."
James Fenimore Cooper