Power Quotes

Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don't mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That's not power. That's just corruption.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

A king without power is an absurdity.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

I feel as though, if you're able to control your dreams, you have more power and control over your mind, like you could reach more areas of your mind. Therefore, I feel like it creates the ability for you to achieve more things in reality.

Part of the problem is there are people in Washington, D.C. in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not. It undermines legal immigration.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.