Power Quotes

"The mind's power of thinking is proportional to the body's power of acting."

"Absence of power is properly privation."

"To be determined to action is our power; to be determined to passivity is our bondage."

"Power without wisdom leads to destruction."

"The greatest power lies not in force, but in the power of persuasion."

"The will is infinite and the execution confined; the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit."

"The disease which inflicts despotism is the disease of power."

"The power of words lies in their truth, not their eloquence."

"Power without wisdom becomes tyranny; wisdom without power becomes irrelevant."

"The power to choose is the power that defines us."

"Power without wisdom is destruction waiting to happen."

"Every substance is characterized by its own kind of activity and force."

"The more perfection a thing has, the more it acts and the less it is acted upon."

"Active emotions are those that arise from one's own inner nature and determination."

"Virtue is power itself, insofar as the mind's power determines the body to those actions which follow from the mind's own nature."

"Power of any kind flows only from understanding and knowledge."

"The power of thought is the greatest power known to man."

"The tongue is a small thing, but it can accomplish great things."

"True power lies in the ability to understand and influence the mind."

"The greatest threat to freedom is the temptation of those in power to use it."

"The power of habit is so strong that it can reshape a man's very nature."

"Power corrupts not the man, but reveals the man beneath the civility."

"Power without wisdom is tyranny."

"Desire is the very essence of man insofar as it is conceived as determined to any action."

"Passive emotions diminish our power of acting."

"Determination is not negation, but affirmation."

"The greatest power is the power to create meaning."

"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."

"What the mind can conceive, the will can achieve."

"The power of words lies not in their sound, but in their truth."