Famous Quotes

"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

Socrates 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 Socrates

• "Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

• "Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

• "Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind."

• "Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

• "He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."