- Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.
- Cornelius Nepos on Power
- Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
- He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
- Walter Scott on Power
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
- Samuel Johnson on Power
- He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
- Charles Kingsley on Power
- He who has great power should use it lightly.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Power
- He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
- He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
- Joseph Conrad on Power
- He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
- Ralph Fiennes on Power
- Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
- Barack Obama on Power
- Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
- Philip Zimbardo on Power
- Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti on Power
- Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
- Samuel Smiles on Power
- How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?
- Robert Plant on Power
- How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
- Francois Rabelais on Power
- Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature.
- Edward Thorndike on Power
- Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!
- Jane Siberry on Power
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