Accidents Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good.

— Thomas Hobbes

Every man's powers have relation to some kind of work; and whenever he finds that kind of work which he can do best--that to…

— J. G. Holland

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

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it

— Anonymous

While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the…

— Hannah Arendt

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is…

— Booker T. Washington

The power of a person derives not from the office he occupies but from a clear sense of direction and aspiration and from a…

— Ariel Sharon

As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing,but…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely.

— Lyman Bryson