What good is having the power of a god if you don’t know…

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

— Anonymous

Know who you are and do it on purpose

— Anonymous

You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.

— Lou Holtz

A wise person is one who does not retaliate despite having the power to do so

— Anonymous

I think having power ingrains people with a conservatism. There's a tendency to hedge one's bets. (Which explains a lot, actually, about why the…

— Matthew Specktor

To me, nothing is more vibrant than having the power to do something but not having the experience of knowing what's right and what's…

— Tibor Kalman

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

— James Madison

I want there to be a life for the street element. Instead of we always getting shut out. Instead of defenseless, having power.

— Tupac Shakur

The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.

— Eve Ensler

I think a lot of times people look at me and say, 'Well, we can't possibly hand a show over to her to run.'…

— Allison Schroeder

I don't want to say that having power is overrated, but powerlessness can give rise to a different kind of authority, and that's the…

— Matthew Specktor

Those people who know you like them but don't like you back and who just enjoy having that power over you.

— Anonymous

Nobody that I know really likes the feeling of having no power and not being able to influence people. But most of us aren't…

— Robert Greene

“What is the point of having all this power if you can’t force people to do what you want?”

— Ian Gregoire

Patriarchy is having the power to name.

— Kate Zambreno