5,584 Quotes About Power

Just… be careful.’I stared at her, baffled. 'Of what?’'Of powerful men.

[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection.

The greatest act of faith some days is to simply get up and face another day.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

You don’t empower people by giving them tasks and homework. Personal power comes from within, when people feel seen, cared about, and respected.

Magic is not a cure for troubles. It is a spiritual map. Your energies are the compass. Meditation will not fix a person; it empowers individuals to find what they need to repair themselves.

When anyone is going wrong, it is a mistake to warn him not to go further. It is also a mistake to leave him alone. The proper course is to call his attention to something better, and frame our conversation in such a way that he becomes wholly absorbed in the better. He will then forget his old mistakes, his old faults and his old desires, and will give all his life and power to the building of that better which has engaged his new interest.

No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of me, so how could I have explained it to them?

They hate being unable to control you.