Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"The power to change the world lies within each individual."Ovid
"Power without compassion is tyranny."Ovid
"Power used with compassion becomes divine."Virgil
"Power without virtue is tyranny."Geoffrey Chaucer
"The tongue of a man can heal or destroy with equal power."Homer
"A man's power is greatest when it is least used."Homer
"Power corrupts unless tempered by compassion."Homer
"As a man's will is, so is his power."Dante Alighieri
"Ambition devours the weak as fire devours straw."Dante Alighieri
"The only power worth having is power over oneself."Pickering Edward
"Power without conscience is merely authority in a cage of consequences."Pickering Edward
"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."Ovid
"The victor must take up the burden of the vanquished."Ovid
"The measure of a man is what he does with power."Virgil
"Power without wisdom is a dangerous thing."Virgil
"Power without restraint becomes tyranny; restraint without power becomes servitude."Homer
"Power comes not from authority but from understanding."Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"Power wielded with wisdom serves humanity."Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"The universe demonstrates the power of natural laws acting across inconceivable distances."Harlow Shapley
"Power without compassion is merely the amplification of one's own limitations."Pickering Edward
"Power multiplied by conscience becomes service."Pickering Edward
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."George Lemaitre
"The spectroscope became my voice when the world would not listen to my words."Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"Do not blame me for the chaos and confusion in the world. Blame those who have the power and refuse to use it wisely."Fritz Zwicky
"Mediocrity is not imposed by circumstance but chosen by accepting limitation."Annie Jump Cannon
"Power without wisdom is merely tyranny delayed."Pickering Edward
"Power reveals character in ways comfort never can."Pickering Edward
"Power in science comes not from what you know, but from how you connect what you know."Fritz Zwicky
"I refused to be limited by the expectations of an era that had not yet realized a woman's full potential."Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"I refused to be silenced by those who questioned my capabilities or my worth."Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin