715 Best Power Quotes

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it. There’s only one thing, one thing needful: one has only to dare! – Rodion Raskolnikov

I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I killed her. – Rodion Raskolnikov

Fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence. – Svidrigailov

I am a trembling creature, or do I have the right? – Rodion Raskolnikov

The second category: all who preserve the world and people it, live in obedience and love to be obedient. – Rodion Raskolnikov

He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. – Ahab

There is no unassailable fortress but time. – Ishmael

The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history. – Basil Hallward

The curves of your lips rewrite history. – Basil Hallward

It was a pleasure to burn.

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. – Beatty

His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink. – Narrator (on Jack)

Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.

Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.

Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.

Where there is love there is life.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.

History is written by the victors. – Winston Churchill

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. – Winston Churchill

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. – Winston Churchill

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln

I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. – Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet. – Abraham Lincoln

As I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. – Abraham Lincoln

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. – Leonardo da Vinci

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

I find your lack of faith disturbing. – Darth Vader

So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause. – Padmé Amidala

When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master. – Darth Vader

Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director. – Darth Vader

The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. – Chancellor Palpatine

Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. – Albus Dumbledore

You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with. Nothing to do with all your strength. – The Joker

I'm not gonna kill you. I'm just gonna hurt you really, really bad. – The Joker

Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning. – Count Rugen

I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it. I'm swamped. – Prince Humperdinck

Get in, loser, we're going shopping. – Regina George

She's a life-ruiner. She ruins people's lives. – Gretchen Wieners

It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing. – Boromir

The Ring is altogether evil. – Gandalf

You shall not pass! – Gandalf

Off with their heads! – The Queen of Hearts

You see? It's exactly as I told you. Revenge is a dish best served cold. – The Red Queen

Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me. – Michael Scott

Lydia... LYDIA! Oh, she's the only one who can see me. – Beetlejuice