Power Quotes - Page 3

• The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Love, Inspirational, Leadership

  'Political Essays' (1819) '"The Times" Newspaper'

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• Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Inspirational, Leadership

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• A fool is very dangerous when in power.

  Denis Fonvizin

  Freedom, Democracy, Fool

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• Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Art, Men, He Man

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• Power must never be trusted without a check.

  John Adams

  Checks, Trusted

  John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams”

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• I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wisdom, Peace, War

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.254, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

  William Proxmire

  Exercise, Political, Secret

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• The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They
  always did...they always will. They will have the same effect here as
  elsewhere, if we do not, by the power of government, keep them in their proper
  spheres.

  Gouverneur Morris

  Government, Political, Dominion

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  If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Inspirational, Positive, Trust

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.80, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.

  Oskar Schindler

  Justification

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• No power can be maintained when it is only represented by hypocrites.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Hypocrite

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two”, p.48, Courier Corporation

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• This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.

  Susan Polis Schutz

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Susan Polis Schutz (1978). “Yours If You Ask”, Blue Mountain Arts

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• The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

  Winston Churchill

  Men, Spheres, Metamorphosis

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• Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

  Eric Hoffer

  Break Up, Heart, Winning

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• Power is the great aphrodisiac.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Sexy, Political, Aphrodisiac

  The New York Times, January 19, 1971.

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• Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Aphrodisiac, Definitions, Good And Evil

  The New York Times, October 28, 1973.

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• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Peace, Past

  "A Year with Emerson: A Daybook".

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• The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

  Alice Walker

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• You must try to make the most of all that comes but also don't forget to learn a lot of all that goes.

  William C. Brown

  Trying, Management, Forget

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• Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

  Malcolm X

  Faces, Steps, Tyranny

  "Malcolm X Speaks". Book by George Breitman, 1965.

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• Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Intelligent, Hypnosis, Self Discipline

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• Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Live Life, People, Silence

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• The power is in you. The answer is in you. And you are the answer to all your searches: you are the goal. You are the answer. It's never outside.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  FaceBook post by Eckhart Tolle from Sep 15, 2011

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