Sayings about Power
Always be patient with the rich and powerful. ~ Spanish Proverb
The barking dog gives you no power — it gives you fear. ~ Malagasy Proverb
You can’t use your hand to force the sun to set. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Under a powerful general there are no feeble soldiers. ~ Japanese Proverb
Community is not made by force. ~ Afghani Proverb
Beauty is power. ~ Arabian Proverb
Where power reigns there is no room for reason. ~ French Proverb
If power can be bought then sell your mother to get it. ~ Ghanaian Proverb
Force without forecast is to little avail. ~ Traditional Proverb
If the devil is powerless, send him a woman. ~ Ukrainian Proverb
Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred. ~ Korean Proverb
The tree breaks that takes all the force of the wind. ~ African Proverb
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. ~ Latin Proverbs
Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry becomes silk. ~ Chinese Proverb
Only when a new government comes to power do you learn to appreciate the values of the old one. ~ Myanmar Proverb
Against the beastly human being even the gods are powerless. ~ Czech Proverb
No matter how hidden a force is, it will attract some kind of resistance. ~ Native American Proverb
The powerful are never faithful. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Hurrying and worrying are not the same as strength. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Loving and singing are not to be forced. ~ German Proverbs
Cunning is better than force. ~ Uruguayan Proverb
You can’t force anyone to love you or lend you money. ~ Jewish Proverb
Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power. ~ German Proverbs
Who is forced to go to church will not pray. ~ Slovenian Proverb
When a king is about to lose his power his orders burn more intensely than fire. ~ Tibetan Proverb
Where right has no power — there power likes to be. ~ Croatian Proverb
A little subtleness is better than a lot of force. ~ Congolese Proverb
Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don’t insult them. ~ Japanese Proverb
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so. ~ Bible
Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~ Latin Proverb
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it. ~ Chinese Proverb
The lion’s power lies in our fear of him. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence. ~ Turkish Proverbs
He who fears something gives it power over him. ~ Moorish Proverbs
Force is that which rules the actions without regulating the will. ~ Traditional Proverb
Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. ~ Chinese Proverb
If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven. ~ Chinese Proverb
Man has responsibility, not power. ~ Tuscarora proverb
Use power to curb power. ~ Chinese Proverbs
The devil tempts but doesn’t force. ~ Guyanese Proverb
Three are powerful: the Pope, the king, and the man who has nothing. ~ Italian Proverbs
None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power. ~ French Proverb
Never give a sword to a fool or power to an unjust man. ~ Greek Proverbs
A powerful man has big ears. ~ Japanese Proverb
Stupidity is a force unto itself. ~ Latin Proverb
Every tree feels the force of the wind. ~ Afghan Proverb
The power of the crocodile is in the water. ~ Bantu Proverbs
Go with the powerful and people will kneel before you. ~ Palestinian Proverbs
Persuasion is better than force. ~ Traditional Proverb
Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great. ~ Traditional Proverb
Advertising is the driving force of business. ~ Russian Proverb
A powerful friend becomes a powerful enemy. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
The word of a powerful man is the truth. ~ Bambara Proverb
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
The raggy colt often made a powerful horse. ~ Irish Proverbs
He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf. ~ Armenian Proverb
You can’t use your hand to force the sun to set. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
Community is not made by force. ~ Afghani Proverb
Force without forecast is to little avail. ~ Traditional Proverb
The tree breaks that takes all the force of the wind. ~ African Proverb
No matter how hidden a force is, it will attract some kind of resistance. ~ Native American Proverb
Cunning is better than force. ~ Uruguayan Proverb
A little subtleness is better than a lot of force. ~ Congolese Proverb
Force is that which rules the actions without regulating the will. ~ Traditional Proverb
Every tree feels the force of the wind. ~ Afghan Proverb
Persuasion is better than force. ~ Traditional Proverb
Advertising is the driving force of business. ~ Russian Proverbs
Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf. ~ Armenian Proverb
Quotations about Power
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. ~ Winston Churchill Quotes
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. ~ Epictetus
Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it. ~ Winston Churchill
Longer in your power – he’s free again. ~ Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. ~ Chuck Palahniuk
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. ~ Eric Hoffer
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. ~ George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
The steps of power are often steps on sand. ~ Edward Counsel
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
There is no knowledge that is not power. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don’t. ~ Oskar Shindler
Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. ~ Saul Alinsky
I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better. ~ Author Unknown
He, who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. ~ Alice Walker
Power is not alluring to pure minds. ~ Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ~ Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Knowledge is power. ~ Francis Bacon
The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are. ~ Ludwig Borne
The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding. ~ Nicholas Black Elk
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world – or to make it the last. ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Anyone can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way – that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy. ~ Aristotle Quotes
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. ~ Peace Pilgrim
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power – the freedom to choose. ~ Stephen R. Covey
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. ~ Lao Tzu
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ~ Edmund Burke
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ~ Albert Einstein
Power gradually extirpates for the mind every humane and gentle virtue. ~ Edmund Burke
In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. ~ Leo Tolstoy
But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. ~ James Baldwin
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. ~ Blaise Pascal
Power over a man’s subsistence amounts to power over his will. ~ Alexander Hamilton
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
