Quotes on “power”

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

I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

Ipsa scientia potestas est.Knowledge itself is power.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, 'There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge?

I only want power so I can get books.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

The greatest act of faith some days is to simply get up and face another day.