Quotes about Power, page 3

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about power

By the same token it must follow that the state we now call a small state is in reality a power if it plays such a role in the development of civilization that it marches in the front ranks and wins victories in the fight for law which surpass...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about power

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

Quote by Russell Baker about power

In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.

Quote by Gerry Adams about power

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Quote by Joseph Addison about power

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about power

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about power

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about power

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

Quote by Aeschylus about power

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about power

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about power

I'd have tears running from my eyes listening to the power of these operatic pieces, and the voices that committed themselves to being an instrument for the composers who created them.

Quote by Michael Bolton about power

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about power

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Quote by Aristotel about power

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about power

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about power

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

Quote by Aristotel about power

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Quote by Aristotel about power

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Quote by Aristotel about power

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Quote by Aristotel about power