Famous Quotes

"It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do."

Whoopi Goldberg 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 Whoopi Goldberg

• "Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good."

• "We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure."

• "You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck."

• "When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked."

• "When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire."