Power Quotes

I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.– Martin Luther King Jr.

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”― Abraham Lincoln

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.– Alan Watts

We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity, and power in our society.– Nelson Mandela

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.– Mark Zuckerberg

In a world that can seem so aggressive, confrontational, and dangerous, you should know that you have the power to change it.– Meghan Markle

Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.– Swami Vivekananda

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.– James Allen

All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you.– Swami Vivekananda

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that’s frightful behaviour.– Shirley Manson

Everything a human being wants can be divided into four components: love, adventure, power and fame.
– Matthew Heywood

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power without abuse loses its charm.– Paul Valéry

You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power- he’s free again.– Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

“There is a form of communication that transcends the power of words.” Joesph B. Wirthlin

“Your words have power use them wisely.” Anonymous

It’s a life’s journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.– Mariska Hargitay

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it … one must have the courage to dare.– Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.– George Orwell

Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.– Veronica Roth

Power is not evoked through fear but gained from respect._Anonymous

What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media… So we must try to use social media in a good way.– Malala Yousafzai

The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.– Malala Yousafzai

Only when we’re brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
– Brene Brown

When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.– Che Guevara

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.– Ronald Reagan

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.– Malala Yousafzai

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ”― Roseanne Barr

The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.– Prince Charles

I shall not be the power, I shall be the light.– P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

A stroke of pen overcome the power of a battlion army

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.– Lao Tzu

Power is attained by those who seek it… Rarely those who deserve it…

“Words are not in the power of men; men are in the power of words.” Herman Bahr

“Your word is the power that you have to create; it is a gift.” Don Miguel Ruiz

Have faith in yourself – all power is in you. Even the poison of a snake is powerless, if you can firmly deny it.– Swami Vivekananda

Power, once possessed, is never relinquished except under delusion or necessity.– Dr. Idel Dreimer

Struggle of power is natural in humans because with power their individuality prevails over others.

Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any one be profited if, under the influence of money or power, he neglect justice and virtue?– Plato

A world marked by so much Injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.– George Orwell

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.– John Steinbeck

You need power, only when you want to do something harmful otherwise love is enough to get everything done.
– Charlie Chaplin

Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That’s why they are so powerful.– Malala Yousafzai

We human beings don’t realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colors and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us, a nose which smells the beauty of fragrance, and two ears to hear the words of love. As I found with my ear, no one knows how much power they have in their each and every organ until they lose one.– Malala Yousafzai

Talent is that which is in a man’s power; genius is that in whose power a man is.– James Russell Lowell

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.– Martin Luther King Jr.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.– Edward Abbey

You will never know the power of yourself until someone hurts you badly.

Pretense cannot sustain blind power.– Dejan Stojanovic

Great power involves great responsibility.– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Wisdom and power have rarely ever come together successfully in all of human life; and then only for a short while.

Power is born from the choices you make and can be lost in the same way.

“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.” Pearl Strachan Hurd

Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don’t think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.– Malala Yousafzai

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.— Criss Jami

Neither the life of anarchy nor the life enslaved by tyrants, no, worship neither. Strike the balance all in all and god will give you power.— Aeschylus

Knowledge is power and you need power in this world. You need as many advantages as you can get.
– Ellen Degeneres

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Power and money are marvelous sources if they remain in your pockets, but they are terrible masters if they enter your brains._Anonymous

Power comes from leverage and technique, it is not given to you, it’s something you take.

Power is something every man wants. But if he doesn’t learn to use it responsible and show respect with it. That power will leave him as fast as he earns it.

“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it until it begins to shine.” Emily Dickinson

“Words are containers for power, you choose what kind of power they carry.” Joyce Meyer

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.– Charles de Gaulle

You see what power is – holding someone Else fear in your hand and showing it to them.– Amy Tan

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.
– J. K. Rowling

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.— Osho