Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power in number in pride in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.

When it is not in our power to follow what is true we ought to follow what is most probable.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward as though you have the confidence to move forward eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

You can't trust anybody with power.

The more tranquil a man becomes the greater is his success his influence his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.