Famous Quotes

"Give fools their gold, and knaves their power let fortune's bubbles rise and fall who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all."

John Greenleaf Whittier 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 John Greenleaf Whittier

• "Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast."

• "As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth."

• "When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead."

• "When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead."

• "Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew."