Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

"The mind's power over the body is absolute."
Aphra Behn
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"Great things are done when Men and Mountains meet."
William Blake
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"We are the masters of our own actions, not the slaves of fate."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"The world is made mad by power, not knowledge."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"The appetite for power increases with its acquisition."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Power without compassion is tyranny; compassion without power is impotence."
Christina Rossetti
"Power is most evident in those who exercise it with gentleness."
Christina Rossetti
"I would rather be ashes than dust."
Robert Browning
"Power without love is tyranny."
Robert Browning
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"Power without love is destructive."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Power corrupts unless guided by compassion."
Johan Christian Andersen
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."
Robert Browning
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"The Strongest Poison ever known Came from Caesar's Laurel Crown."
William Blake
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"Mind is the great lever of all things."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Power corrupts those who do not serve a higher purpose."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"The power of words can reshape the world."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Power shared is power multiplied."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Power without compassion is tyranny."
Johan Christian Andersen
J
"Power is best used humbly."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Power lies in the ability to remain true to oneself"
Knut Hamsun
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"Power without compassion corrupts absolutely"
Knut Hamsun
"Power without conscience is the cruelest tyranny."
Robert Browning
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"What is power without virtue?"
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Choices define us more than circumstances ever can."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Power without compassion is tyranny."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Power corrupts the noblest of intentions."
Knut Hamsun
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"Power without conscience is merely brutality."
Knut Hamsun
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"The power to transform reality lies in our perception of it."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"Power corrupts slowly, but certainty corrupts instantly."
Knut Hamsun
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"Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn."
Søren Kierkegaard