Famous Quotes

"The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing."

Herodotus 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 Herodotus

• "It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."

• "He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold."

• "Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change."

• "Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."

• "Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."