Power Over Others Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

• It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's… — Francis Bacon
• The ordinary man is living a very abnormal life, because his values are upside down. Money is more important than meditation; logic is more important… — Rajneesh
• These people are often authoritarian and rigid in their views, exerting power over others in an effort to keep others from having power over them.… — David Emerald Womeldorff
• The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised. — George Davis Herron
• Worship power-you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever ore power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect,… — David Foster Wallace
• Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the… — Aldous Huxley
• I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others... An honest… — Thomas Jefferson
• Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves. — Frank Herbert
• There are few problems in the world that economic prosperitycannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierceattack. The forces that seek… — Ziad K. Abdelnour
• You give bureaucrats power over others, and when the others are poor and helpless, nothing matches government. More than any single exploitive tyrannical force, the… — Millicent Fenwick
• Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. — Eckhart Tolle
• Power is a poison well known for thousands of years. If only no one were ever to acquire material power over others! But to the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful… — Edward Abbey
• Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference… — Timothy Keller
• I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others. — Thomas Jefferson
• Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only… — Pawan Kalyan
• There are no living beings who exert more power over others, pound for pound, than tiny babies and extremely thin moguls. — Stanley Bing

Who Wrote These Power Over Others Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 18 Power Over Others Quotes as follows:

• 2 Power Over Others Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Francis Bacon
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Rajneesh
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by David Emerald Womeldorff
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by George Davis Herron
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by David Foster Wallace
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Aldous Huxley
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Frank Herbert
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Ziad K. Abdelnour
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Millicent Fenwick
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Eckhart Tolle
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Edward Abbey
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Timothy Keller
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Pawan Kalyan
• 1 Power Over Others Quote by Stanley Bing