Famous Quotes

"Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God."

Arnold J. Toynbee on Power

More quotes about Power

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

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee

• "A life which does not go into action is a failure."

• "As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility."

• "Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God."

• "Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor."

• "History is a vision of God's creation on the move."