Famous Quotes

"I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions."

Plutarch 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 Plutarch

• "The wildest colts make the best horses."

• "What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

• "I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better."

• "Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause."

• "Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage."