Power Quotes

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

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"Other people's opinions of you are not within your control, only your own integrity is."
Epictetus
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"It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable."
Epictetus
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"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
Mencius
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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
Cicero
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"Power without accountability is tyranny."
Cicero
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"A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."
Cicero
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"The power of a man is in the will to succeed."
Cicero
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"The pursuit of power corrupts the pursuit of pleasure into something unrecognizable."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"The power of virtue is strong; the strength of force is temporary."
Zhuangzi
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"The mind is the king of all things."
Seneca
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
Laozi
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"When you complain about externals, you have abandoned your internal power."
Epictetus
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"You cannot be harmed by anyone but yourself."
Epictetus
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"Your opinion is the only thing truly yours; guard it jealously."
Epictetus
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"The measure of a person is what they do with power."
Epictetus
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"The true measure of power is the ability to serve others."
Mencius
"To be unknown is worse than to be nothing"
Thales of Miletus
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"The greatest power is the power to forgive."
Zhuangzi
"A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The unlimited desire is far more difficult to overcome than death itself."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Ambition is a tyrant that enslaves those who pursue it most vigorously."
Epicureanism Epicurus
"The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly."
Laozi
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"The foundation of true power is benevolence."
Mencius
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"The thunderbolt steers all things."
Heraclitus
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"He who wishes to exercise power must be ready to sacrifice and suffer more than the man he seeks to govern."
Confucius
"Power is the ability to act according to one's nature."
Thales of Miletus
"The softest thing in the world overcomes the hardest."
Laozi
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"The measure of a man is what he does with the power he has."
Mencius
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"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
Pythagoras
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"The origin of all conflict is the struggle to preserve power."
Heraclitus