Quote by Ingrid Paulson

“No one has power over me unless I surrender it.”

— Ingrid Paulson

“The only power any man has over you is the power you give him.”

— Renee Ahdieh

“No one can take the power within you.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I would never give someone complete power over me where I lost control; complete power over me where I felt I was worthless.”

— Thought Catalog

“...now that I had finally confronted him, he had lost his power over me.”

— Peg Kehret

“If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn’t give him power.”

— Octavia E. Butler

“People can only have power over you if you are seeking to have power over others.”

— Bryant McGill

“Maybe he still wasn't worthy of their surrender. He'd watched plenty of men make the wrong choices when faced with such power. But he…

— Kit Rocha

“I was never one to like power, but in the back of everyone's mind, you secretly wouldn't mind having some at one point or…

— Holly Hood

“I don't want to ever give someone that kind of power to destroy me.”

— Maya Banks

“It's easy not to abuse your power when you don't actually have any power.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

“No man can claim that he would have power if his life or circumstances were different.”

— Théun Mares