Power Quotes

"The person that gives the value first has the leverage." "Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy" "The mind is the most powerful tool we have for creating the life we want" "Power is competence" "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power" "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest" "Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it" "Power has to be insecure to be responsive." "Thrive is the third metric to measuring success beyond money and power" "Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied" "In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own" "In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power" "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have" "History will judge societies and governments and their institutions not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and powerful but how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless" "Silence is a source of great strength." "A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done." "Public apathy is more powerful than public opinion. There’s more of it." "The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness." "The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy." "The measure of a man is what he does with power."