Famous Quotes

"He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles."

Walter Scott 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 Walter Scott

• "One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name."

• "Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer."

• "When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone."

• "For success, attitude is equally as important as ability."

• "Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities."