Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"Power without wisdom becomes tyranny."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Power is transient; character is eternal."
Alexandre Dumas
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
Mary Shelley
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"Power without justice becomes tyranny."
Charlotte Brontë
C
"Power without compassion is hollow."
Charlotte Brontë
"Power without responsibility is tyranny; responsibility without power is impotence."
Émile Zola
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"The middle classes are only powerful when they are discontented."
Honoré de Balzac
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"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: an idea whose time has come."
Victor Hugo
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"One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas."
Victor Hugo
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"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
Victor Hugo
"Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is futility."
Gustave Flaubert
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"The way to true power lies in understanding human nature."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Power without conscience is tyranny; conscience without power is futile."
Alexandre Dumas
"Power derived from cruelty is a hollow power."
Mary Shelley
"Power without morality inevitably corrupts absolutely."
Émile Zola
"Power corrupts gradually, almost imperceptibly."
Émile Zola
C
"We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance."
Charles Dickens
C
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Charles Dickens
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"The power of thought is in its concealment."
Honoré de Balzac
"The mind of man is capable of anything."
William Wordsworth
"The power of thought is infinite."
William Wordsworth
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"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: an idea whose time has come."
Victor Hugo
V
"One can resist the invasion of an army, but not an idea whose hour has struck."
Victor Hugo
S
"Power is the ability to make things happen."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
S
"Power corrupts if used selfishly."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
Mary Shelley
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"Power over others is temporary; power over oneself is eternal."
Alexandre Dumas
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"The greatest power is the ability to forgive those who have wronged us."
Alexandre Dumas
"The eternal feminine principle is what sets the world in motion."
Gustave Flaubert
"The secret of all power resides in knowing when to give it up."
Gustave Flaubert