Famous Quotes

"Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power."

Pierre Corneille 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 Pierre Corneille

• "Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!"

• "Every man of courage is a man of his word."

• "He who does not fear death cares naught for threats."

• "To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death."

• "Each instant of life is a step toward death."