power Quotes

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

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

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

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

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.

Power does not corrupt men fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn’t him. This is not him.