But to me nothing – the negative, the empty – is exceedingly powerful.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
Politics is not about power.
Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other’s.
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
Every crisis offers you extra desired power.
Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
A man’s true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
Every reign must submit to a greater reign.
Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.
To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that’s real power.
The most important thing about power is to make sure you don’t have to use it.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
