Quotes About Power

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.

I'm emotionless, yet I breathe jealousy and envy People kill for me or die to defend me

Jealousy has the amazing power to illuminate a single person in an intense beam of light, keeping the multitude of others in total darkness.

Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.

Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.

Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants.

If girls could spit venom, it'd be through their eyes.

Nixon didn't mellow with his success, he became embittered by it.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.

Kindness is the power that moves us to support and heal someone who offers nothing in return.

Don't mistake kindness for weakness, baby.

Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.

The best way to quiet a country is a good thrashing, followed by great kindness afterwards. Even the wildest chaps are thus tamed.

I realized that social media can be powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally.

It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.

Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.

Kindness is a steeling feeling that has a power of filling the gaps in relationships by stealing hearts.

There is nothing more powerful than kindness.

Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds!