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Quotations by Subject: Power (34 quotes)

Results from Classic Quotes:

It is the function of creative men to perceive the relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expression that may seem utterly different, and to be able to combine them into some new forms-the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.: William Plomer
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.: Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894)
I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part: Louis D. Brandeis (1856 - 1941)
For we both alike know that into the discussion of human affairs the question of justice enters only where the pressure of necessity is equal, and that the powerful exact when they can, and the weak grant what they must.: Thucydides (471 BC - 400 BC)
It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.: C. W. Leadbeater

Results from Cole's Quotables:

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.: John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968)
To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.: Liz Smith
An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.: Stephen Covey, Principle-centered Leadership
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)

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