Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"The person who controls their anger controls their destiny."
Al-Ghazali
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"Power over others fades, but power over oneself grows eternal."
Al-Ghazali
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"Power is not given; it is taken by those who dare."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Power without knowledge is tyranny; knowledge without virtue is hollow."
Averroes
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"True power belongs to those whose will is aligned with eternal truth."
Averroes
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"The greater your power, the greater your responsibility."
Cicero
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"Those who seek power over others have already lost power over themselves."
Avicenna
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"You alone can control your destiny. No one can do it for you."
Epictetus
"Pride is a master passion from which everything else stems."
Marcus Aurelius
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The powerful man is he who masters himself, not he who dominates others."
Averroes
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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
Cicero
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"If you would know the depths of depravity to which the human mind can sink, study the corruptions of power."
Seneca
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"It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable."
Seneca
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"Fortune cannot change what is under your control; this is your true possession."
Epictetus
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"The mind of the wise is the citadel of the world."
Epictetus
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"What limits you is not your circumstances, but your belief in those circumstances."
Epictetus
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"When you blame others, you surrender your own power."
Epictetus
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"The person who masters their mind masters their destiny."
Epictetus
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"Humans beings are not creatures of circumstance, but shapers of circumstance through their own initiatives and willpower."
Epicureanism Epicurus
"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."
Marcus Aurelius
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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
Cicero
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"The thirst for power is the parent of all evils."
Cicero
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"The greatest delight of man is to crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and hear the lamentations of their women."
Cicero
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"When force is used, it becomes a matter of who has more power."
Cicero
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"The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts."
Cicero
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"The greatest tyranny is not of the sword, but of enforced ignorance."
Averroes
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"The person who controls information controls the narrative; the person who controls reason controls reality."
Averroes
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"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
Seneca
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"Wealth is the test of a man's character."
Seneca