Famous Quotes

"I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power."

Robert Frost 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 Robert Frost

• "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age."

• "I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense."

• "Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on."

• "The best way out is always through."

• "The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise."