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Quotes About Power

The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A woman's apathy is far more devastating than her wrath.
~ Gasmaskman
The violence between women is unbelievable...women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
~ Tori Amos
The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women.
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
Since men are not equals in white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal class structure, which men do women want to be equal to?
~ bell hooks
You don't have to beat a woman if you can make her feel guilty.
~ Erica Jong, Fear of Flying
If women had power what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?
~ Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu
I got nervous at bulls and eagles, Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take f
~ Ovid, The Erotic Poems
I do not take orders from women.""My men do not have a similar problem." Lada lifted a hand. The man fell, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest.
~ Kiersten White, Now I Rise
Perhaps that was a thing about attractive women: A rejection demanded their respect, made them trust you more.
~ Jo Nesbø, The Snowman
You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.
~ Nikita Gill
To be a femme fatale you don't have to be slinky and sensuous and disastrously beautiful, you just have to have the will to disturb.
~ Alice Munro
weak men are afraid of a woman's strength.
~ R.H. Sin
I was amazed at how strong women were when they were angry.
~ Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin
My tongue thirsty for superiority, maybe even immortality, ruled me. I was ruled by my tongue. I was ruled by women. I was ruled by alcohol.
~ Jerzy Pilch, The Mighty Angel
You of all people should know that women play a bigger factor in the game of thrones than men.
~ Alyson Serena Stone
The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is the strongest, not the prettiest birds that conquer the sky.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A blunt arrow in the air has greater potential to strike than a sharp one in a quiver.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Brave cubs become fierce lions.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A woman's endurance enabled your first breath.
~ Unarine Ramaru
Religion- made by men to rule women, children and idiots!
~ Vardan Hambardzumyan