Famous Quotes

"It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself."

Epicurus 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 Epicurus

• "The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."

• "You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."

• "It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls."

• "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."

• "It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble."