Quotes About Power

we cannot force ourselves to love—or to withhold it. At best, we can curb our actions. The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness.

Isn't that what truth is? The force of a person's believing seeps into those around him—into the very earth and air and water—until there's nothing else.

Love. There's no argument, no matter how strong, that can overcome that word.

Were the stories we told each other true? Who knows? At the best of times, a story is a slippery thing. Perhaps that was why it changed with each telling. Or is that the nature of all stories, the reason for their power?

You will be remembered for causing the greatest war of your time.

It's a rare man—and an even rarer ruler—that can remain untouched by jealousy in the face of a peer's sudden prosperity.

Is the desire for vengeance stronger than the longing to be loved? What evil magic does it possess to draw the human heart so powerfully to it?

It is unfair that one person should suffer in order for others to be blessed. If the gods were powerful enough to shape our destinies, why couldn't they just send us a good fortune untainted by sorrow?

Isn't that what truth is? The force of a person's believing seeps into those around him— into the very earth and air and water—until there's nothing else.

A wise person allows herself to be used when it suits her purpose. She pretends weakness, then waits for the right moment to take control.

I learned a new fact about love that day: it could kill. Sometimes it could kill instantaneously.

Just as you've deceived me, so will your mind deceive you. When you need the Brahmastra the most, you'll forget the mantra needed to call it up.

The force of a person's believing seeps into those around him— into the very earth and air and water—until there's nothing else.

Yes, I've learned a few things along the way, though now that I'm neither man nor woman they can't do me any good. But here's one that may be of use to you: the power of a man is like a bull's charge, while the power of a woman moves aslant, like a serpent seeking its prey. Know the particular properties of your power. Unless you use it correctly, it won't get you what you want.

As for being pawns," Krishna was saying, "aren't we all pawns in the hands of Time, the greatest player of them all?

aren't we all pawns in the hands of Time, the greatest player of them all?

The kings are always fighting," she said. "All they want is more land, more power. They tax the common people to starvation and force them to fight in their armies.

Fame: it's a drug more potent than opium.

My heart is filled with passion for the spices, my ears with the music of our dance together. My blood with our shared power. I need no pitiful mortal man to love. I believe this. Wholly.

Behold, we give you this girl, a gift beyond what you asked for. Take good care of her, for she will change the course of history.

Not even Duryodhan had dared to look at me quite like this in his sabha, for he'd known I was a queen. Is this how men looked at ordinary women, then? Women they considered their inferiors? A new sympathy for my maids rose in my mind. When I became queen again, I thought, I would make sure common women were treated differently.

Dia yakin tentang itu. Bukankah itulah kebenaran? Kekuatan keyakinan seseorang merembes kepada orang-orang di sekitarnya--ke dalam tanah, udara, dan air-- sampai tidak ada yang lainnya." -Krishna

Kekuatan laki-laki bisa diibaratkan serudukan sapi jantan, sementara kekuatan perempuan bergerak serong, seperti ular yang mencari mangsa. Kecuali kau gunakan dengan benar, kekuatanmu tidak akan menghasilkan apa yang kau inginkan." -Srikandi

The maharaja, though not particularly handsome himself, likes having good-looking men around him. I admire the confidence that enables him to do that.