Power Quote by Aldous Huxley

“A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if…

— W.K. Marriott

“Nothing worse than a weak man with ambition, who gains power because those before him died rather than because his ideals were grand.”

— Melina Marchetta

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority,…

— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

“I am not a ‘wise man,’ nor . . . shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I should be…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“A man with power protects and serves those lesser than he. It is only the weak who use their power to do harm.”

— Rhys Ford

“Wise man doesn't need to be praised like one. It can reduce the guts of him to be a better man.”

— Toba Beta

“The wise and the good never form the majority of any large society and it seldom happens that their measures are uniformly adopted… [All…

— John Jay

“For the wanting to be good,in defiance of justice, is one of mankind's greatest weaknesses.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

“every leader who strived for power somehow ended up corrupted in the process.”

— Morgan Rice

“A leader is great not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others.”

— John Maxwell

“If a superior man undertakes something and tried to lead, He goes astray. But if he follows, he finds guidance. It is favourable to…

— Pearl S. Buck

“Other men, with no more advantages than he, succeeded, and others again, with many more, failed. It seemed pure chance. The rain fell alike…

— W. Somerset Maugham