Power Quotes

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

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"True power lies in lifting others up, not casting them down."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Power over others fades; power with others endures."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Do you know what gives you power? Believing in yourself."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"The most powerful person is one who has nothing left to lose."
Knut Hamsun
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"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"In my youth I thought power was everything; in my age I know it is nothing."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Power without compassion corrupts the soul."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"The greatest power is self-knowledge."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Power without conscience is tyranny."
Selma Lagerlöf
"Power is in the moment of decision."
Robert Browning
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"The more you own, the more it owns you."
Søren Kierkegaard
"Power without responsibility is tyranny."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
August Strindberg
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"Power without love is tyranny."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Power is most evident in its restraint."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"I must make up my mind which is to be master—the world or I."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Every person is the master of their own fate."
Henrik Ibsen
"The pursuit of power corrupts the noble."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"True power lies in the ability to forgive completely."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Power without conscience is merely tyranny in motion."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Power without truth is merely tyranny."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Power corrupts those who do not understand truth."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"I learned that strength is not about force."
Anna Akhmatova
"Power without wisdom is tyranny"
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"A man cannot exist in this life without either a master or becoming one."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"My passions have never been my shame, but always my pride."
August Strindberg
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"The greatest strength is the ability to appear weak when you are strong."
August Strindberg
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"I am the architect of my own destiny, for better or worse."
August Strindberg
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"The power to shape our world lies within us, waiting to be claimed."
Selma Lagerlöf