Quotes about Power
The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.
— William Wordsworth
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
— Alexander Hamilton
And out of darkness came the hands that reach through nature, moulding men.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books
— Theodore Roosevelt
...in the third epoch the divinity of man's creative nature is finally revealed and divine power becomes human power.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature.
— George Washington
He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will by nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity.
— John Milton
Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry she carries them
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It's man's nature to abuse knowledge and power, be it in the realm of science, government, or Wall Street. Take God out of the picture, and you have real trouble.
— Frank Peretti
Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
— Aldous Huxley
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.
— Alfred Nobel