Habit Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.

— William James

Men are not corrupted by the exercise of power or debased by the habit of obedience, but by the exercise of a power which…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Men are not corrupted by the exercise of power, or debased by the habit of obedience; but by the exercise of a power which…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

— Eric Sevareid

Power resides where men believe it to reside.

— George R. R. Martin

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

— Thucydides

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired. This maxim, drawn from the experience…

— Alexander Hamilton

Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to themselves and…

— John Dewey

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

— Lincoln Steffens

A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power.

— John Wanamaker

An unstated but crucial premise is that the "responsible men" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact of life…

— Noam Chomsky

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.

— Edmund Burke