Famous Quotes

"Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice."

Ayn Rand on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Ayn Rand

• "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone."

• "I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build."

• "A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom."

• "The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity."

• "Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off."