Famous Quotes

"Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb."

Nadine Gordimer 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 Nadine Gordimer

• "Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is."

• "A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."

• "Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever."